and convict. In his view, however, rhetoric was neither a body nor an element of knowledge. Rather it encompassed several types of argument. He identified these types of rhetoric: the forensic (legal), the deliberative, the epideictic, and the persuasive. Rhetoric included the characteristics of what was ethical and true, what appealed to move the emotions or passions, and what was the logical development of the argument. Rhetoric developed from being limited to public speaking to include written