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Show 71 Its concern incidents. in that it is with dates, times, places, names, Illustration differs from General It is individual, absolute, precise. General Illustration, supports the state 'She had ment 'Greece had great men' by saying, Specific Instance orators, philosophers, poets.' stat-ement same by saying, 'Greece supports the had Demosthenes, Aeschines, Plato, Aristotle, The detail in the one case Sophocles, Homer.' is general, in the other specific.52 •••• It appears that both instance and Phillips' specific illustrations would constitute what general Thonssen and Baird call examples. inquire "do the Thonssen and Baird definition) make the idea clearer?" "The Integrity of use in Ideas,,54 sets 53 determining whether the speaker examples into his (1) concerned with for the critic's are: form of or experience which they are intended to exemplify? In other words, examples must Il Ius t ra t e , fail ing that, they lose their logical right to a (2) Are they described in place in discourse. sufficient but not full and easy to much detail (3) understanding? sensibly into the they sufficiently as too context to make they fit (4) speech? 54 55 Thonssen and listeners.55 Baird, .£E. Thonssen and Baird, Thonssen and loc. -- c it , , p. 345. p. 345 cit. -- Baird, . cit., Are numerous so 52Ibid• 53 for Do but not numerous, overwhelm the the of and correctly interpolated has the class in they belong Do questions Those questions speech. chapter Their forth (example instruments •. |
