Rhetorical exercises

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In late classical, medieval, and Renaissance rhetorical teaching, rhetorical exercises were used to prepare the student for the real work of persuasion. These fell into two categories:

progymnasmata, short exercises often focused on creating a portion of a declamation
gymnasmata, practice speeches

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