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The following textbook is a mod- 107
ern version of rhetorical preliminary exercises (gr. progymnásmata). It
represents many years of teaching experiences gained by teaching rhet-
oric and argumentation at different Slovenian universities as well as re-
search experiences from almost a decade of thorough studying of rhet-
oric and argumentation, their theoretical concepts, historical perspec-
tives and the role they (should) play in the contemporary public dis-
course. Apart from a short conceptual and historical overview the main
focus of the textbook lies in the series of writing assignments, which
are adapted for a contemporary user. Fourteen assignments, which
are formed as explicit instructions for writing, put forward a practical
knowledge of basic rhetorical and argumentative skills: from mainly
narrative techniques to persuasive and argumentative strategies such as
rhetorical situation (i.e. an assessment of speaker, audience and proper
language use), determining a point at issue, construction of arguments
etc. In the appendix we added a discussion on topoi, which highlights
their different conceptualizations and enables their better understand-
ing in the context of preliminary exercises.
The following textbook is a mod- 107
ern version of rhetorical preliminary exercises (gr. progymnásmata). It
represents many years of teaching experiences gained by teaching rhet-
oric and argumentation at different Slovenian universities as well as re-
search experiences from almost a decade of thorough studying of rhet-
oric and argumentation, their theoretical concepts, historical perspec-
tives and the role they (should) play in the contemporary public dis-
course. Apart from a short conceptual and historical overview the main
focus of the textbook lies in the series of writing assignments, which
are adapted for a contemporary user. Fourteen assignments, which
are formed as explicit instructions for writing, put forward a practical
knowledge of basic rhetorical and argumentative skills: from mainly
narrative techniques to persuasive and argumentative strategies such as
rhetorical situation (i.e. an assessment of speaker, audience and proper
language use), determining a point at issue, construction of arguments
etc. In the appendix we added a discussion on topoi, which highlights
their different conceptualizations and enables their better understand-
ing in the context of preliminary exercises.
