The 7 parts of a Ciceronian oration

Here is the arrangement of a Ciceronian oration as Larry described it in lecture today—the Latin terms link to definitions from the Silva Rhetoricae, a handbook of rhetoric compiled by Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University:

1. Entrance (exordium)
2. Narration (narratio)
3. Exposition and definition (partitio)
4. Proposition (propositio)
5. Confirmation (confirmatio)
6. Confutation and refutation (refutatio)
7. Conclusion or epilogue (peroratio)

Some speeches by Pres. Bush for Essay 1

Essay 1 asks you to parse the language of a Bush speech in the style of Renana Brooks’s 2003 “A Nation of Victims.” Here are transcripts for some of Bush’s speeches this month:

• 6/18: …Discusses Energy
• 6/17: …Honors Black Music Month
• 6/7: …Discusses Defense Funding (audio only)
• 6/5: …Attends Ceremonial Groundbreaking of U. S. Institute of Peace
• 6/2: …Discusses Economy and Tax Cuts

The full archive of transcripts, with speeches going back to 2001, is here.