Word of the Day: EXORDIUM

Preamble or preface

exordium (noun) - a beginning or introduction, particularly for a written or spoken work; the introductory section of a legal document [ig-zawr-dee-uhm]

BREAKDOWN: EX- (from) + ORDIN- (beginning) + –IUM (state)

“I grow impatient at the length of your exordium.” —Plato

The six-part structure of a persuasive text as described in the Rhetorica ad Herennium

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