The Enthymeme Gail Chester The essays address such topics

The essays address such topics as board games and the socialization of adolescent girls

as well as changing social dynamics

on the minds dark seas

Janet Moore Lindman

The Enthymeme Gail Chester The essays address such topicsCentral to rhetorical theory, the enthymeme is most often defined as a truncated syllogism. Suppressing a premise that the audience already knows, this rhetorical device relies on the audience to fill in the missing information, thereby making the argument more persuasive. James Fredal argues that this view of the enthymeme is wrong. Presenting a new exegesis of Aristotle and classic texts of Attic oratory, Fredal shows that not only is the standard