| Demetrius (1st cent. A.D.)
Compact Outline:
| Book I |
Preliminary Remarks on the Period, etc. |
| Book II |
The Four Types of Style: The Elevated Style |
| Book III |
The Four Types of Style: The Elegant Style |
| Book IV |
The Four Types of Style: The Plain Style |
| Book V |
The Four Types of Style: The Forcible Style |
Detailed Outline:
Book I: Preliminary Remarks on
the Period, etc. |
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The members and their appropriate
length |
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The ‘phrase’ |
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The period |
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The periodic and the disjointed style.
Number of members in a period. |
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The historical period |
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The rhetorical period |
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The conversational period |
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Period formed of contrasted members |
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Symmetrical members |
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Members with similar terminations,
and cautions |
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The enthymeme and its difference from
a period |
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The member as defined by Aristotle
and Archedemus |
Book II: The Elevated Style |
| 1.1 |
Elevation in Composition or arrangement |
| 1.2 |
Elevation in subject-matter |
| 1.3 |
Elevation in diction |
| 1.4 |
Frigidity (corresponding vice, in similar three areas) |
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Figures of Speech |
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Hiatus |
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Metaphor |
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Simile and Imagery |
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Onomatopoeic or coined words |
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Allegory |
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Brevity, aposiopesis, indirect and harsh-sounding expressions,
etc. |
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Epiphoneme |
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Poetical color in prose |
Book III:The Elegant Style |
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Kinds of grace and their elements |
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Sources of grace in diction and composition |
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Sources of grace in subject-matter:
Proverbs, Fables, Comparisons, Hyperboles |
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Difference between the ridiculous and the charming |
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Elegant diction, beautiful and smooth words |
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Elegant composition |
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Affected style as the correlative vice of the elegant
style |
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| 1.1 |
Plain subject-matter |
| 1.2 |
Plain diction |
| 1.3 |
Plain composition |
| 1.4 |
Arid style as the correlative vice of plain style |
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Concerning clearness; Also concerning stage-style and
concerning repetition |
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Concerning vividness |
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Concerning persuasiveness |
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Concerning the epistolary style (blend of plain and
graceful styles) |
Book V: The Forcible Style |
| 1.1 |
Forcible subject-matter |
| 1.2 |
Forcible composition |
| 1.3 |
Forcible diction |
| 1.4 |
Concerning the graceless style |
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Concerning figured language |
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Concerning hiatus in forcible passages |
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