3. investigation and handling of material (_inventio_, εὕρεσις, III. vi-VI. v; _dispositio_, τάξις, VII) a. the nature of the case (_status_, στάσις) (1) in law (_status legalis_) (2) in reason (_status rationalis_) as having for its main issue (a) fact (_an sit_, _status coniecturalis_, _coniectura_, στοχασμός) (b) definition (_quid sit_, _status definitivus_, _finis_, ὅρος) (c) morals or policy (_quale sit_, _status generalis_, _qualitas_, ποιότης) b. the parts of pleading (IV. i-VII) (1) components (a) exordium (προοίμιον) IV. i (b) statement of facts (_narratio_, διήγησις) ii (c) excursus, proposition, division iii-v (d) proof (_confirmatio_, ἀπόδειξις; as including appeal, πίστις) (x) evidence V. i-vii (y) argument viii-xi (z) order xii (e) refutation (_refutatio_, λύσις) xiii (x) destructive enthymeme (f) peroration (_peroratio_, ἐπίλογος) xiv (2) pervasive elements VI. i (a) appeal (x) imaginative ii (y) humorous iii (b) debate (_altercatio_) iv (c) judgment (_iudicium_, _consilium_) v (3) plan (_dispositio_, τάξις) VII 4. style (_elocutio_, λέξις, VIII, IX) a. choice of words (_electio_, ἐκλογή, including figures) VIII. i-IX. iii b. sentence-movement (_compositio_, σύνθεσις) IX. iv 5. training for facility (_firma facilitas_, X, XI) a. reading to foster speaking X. i b. imitation ii c. writing for practise iii d. revision iv e. translation and other exercises v f. preparing the speech vi g. speaking the speech vii (1) adaptation XI. i (2) memory ii (3) delivery iii 6. the orator himself