Confirmation, the opposite of the previous exercise, is the simple attempt to prove a given view, typically by arguing the credibility of a myth or legend. It followed a similar pattern as refutation, and like it, corresponded directly to one of the parts of an oration.  

Directions for Composition
  Argue for the credibility of a myth or legend employing the following steps:

1. Praise the teller of the story
2. Give a summary of the story
3. Confirm the story as being:
   • manifest
   • probable
   • possible
   • logical
   • fitting, and
   • profitable.

• logos
• Progymnasmata: Refutation
• Parts of an oration: Confirmation
• Figures of Summary (see step two above)