Developing Excellent Writers for Our Future: Using the Progymnasmata

Encomium/Invective/Comparison Stages
Home Fable Narrative Chreia/Maxim Ref/Confirm Common Topic Characterization Description Thesis/Law

Pen and Schroll

These three stages continue to train the students in their ability to utilize and integrate heads of development or enthymemes and examples, that is, the general and the particular in communicating ideas as well as continuing to train them in the use of heads of purpose or modes of argument.

Key Benefits

  • Interesting topics for expository essays
  • Review of skills mastered in previous seven stages
  • Models for imitation

Capabilities

  • Ability to write expository essays
  • Write a complex introductory paragraph
  • Cohesive Arrangement of lengthy essay

Pricing

Description SKU # Price
Encom/Inv/Comp Teacher's Manual
6001 $30
Encom/Inv/Comp Student's Workbook
6002 $10
Complete Encom/Inv/Comp Lesson Plans on CD for Schools

(includes rights to copy workbooks for classroom use)

6003 $150

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 Pen and Schroll

Papers on Aphthonius' Progymnasmata

The Vertical Integration of Aphthonius' Progymnasmata

Aphthonius’ Progymnasmata as a Means to Preparing Innovative Communicators

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