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Understanding Enthymemes in Rhetoric by Brenda Velasquez is a document available to read on EtoBox.
An enthymeme is an informal syllogism used in rhetoric to persuade an audience. It consists of a major premise, minor premise, and conclusion reached through deductive reasoning. The example given shows an enthymeme arguing that poetry was only composed by the highly intellectual. It has a major premise that poetry was viewed as an art for the highly intellectual, a minor premise showing a picture of Shakespeare composing poetry, and the conclusion that Shakespeare was highly intellectual. For an enthymeme
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- Brenda Velasquez
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