A. Aristotle's Life and Works
B. Rhetoric Before Aristotle
C. Aristotle's Classification of Rhetoric
D. Aristotle's Original Audience and His Audience Today
E. The Strengths and Limitations of On Rhetoric
F. Chapter-by-Chapter Outline of On Rhetoric
Book 1. Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address
Book 2. Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address (continued)
Book 3. Delivery, Style, and Arrangement
Appendix I. Supplementary Texts
A. Gorgias' Encomium of Helen
B. Socrates' Critique of Sophistic Rhetoric
C. Lysias' Speech Against the Grain Dealers
D. Introduction to Dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3
E. Two Selections from Isocrates
1. from Against the Sophists
F. Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander
G. On Word Choice and Metaphor from Aristotle's Poetics
H. Demosthenes' Third Philippic
Appendix II. Supplementary Essays
A. The Earliest Rhetorical Handbooks
B. The History of the Text After Aristotle
