a. earliest lessons in speech I. i-iii b. studies with _grammaticus_ (_ante officium rhetoris_) (1) in diction as usage iv-vii (2) ” ” ” style viii (a) lectures on poetry (_prælectio_), with reading aloud (_lectio_) (3) in composition ix (a) retelling of fables (b) paraphrase of poetry (c) formal amplification of maxims (_chria_, χρεία) (4) in contributory subjects (music, geometry, astronomy) x (5) in enunciation (lessons from an actor) xi c. studies with _rhetor_ (_prima apud rhetorem elementa_) (1) learning from his example II. i-iii (2) exercises in composition iv (a) rehearsal of events (x) summary of the plot of a tragedy or comedy (_fabula_, _argumentum_) (y) summary of historical events (_historia_) (b) elementary analysis of statements of fact (x) analysis of legends (y) analysis of history (c) elementary panegyric (_laudatio_) and parallel (_comparatio_) (d) amplification of typical propositions (_loci communes_, _theses_) (3) _rhetor’s_ analysis of models (_prælectio_) v (4) speeches from assigned outline (_præformata materia_) vi, vii [(5) advice to teachers on correction and promotion] viii, ix (6) speeches on hypothetical cases (_declamatio_) x (a) deliberative (_suasoriæ_) (b) forensic (_controversiæ_) 2. definition of rhetoric (II. xi-III. v) a. function and scope xi-xxi b. origin and earlier development III. i, ii c. the five parts of rhetoric iii (1) investigation (_inventio_, εὕρεσις, discussed III. vi-VI. v) (2) plan (_dispositio_, τάξις, discussed in VII) (3) style (_elocutio_, λέξις, discussed in VIII, IX) (4) memory (_memoria_, μνήμη, discussed in XI. ii) (5) delivery (_pronuntiatio_, _actio_, ὑπόκρισις, discussed in XI. iii) d. the three fields of oratory iv (1) occasional, panegyric (_demonstrativum_, ἐπιδεικτικόν; see chapter vii) (2) deliberative (_deliberativum_, συμβουλευτικόν; see chapter viii) (3) forensic (_iudiciale_, δικανικόν; see chapters ix-xi) e. the three aims of oratory v (1) to inform (_docere_) (2) to win sympathy (_conciliare_, _delectare_) (3) to move (_movere_)