Another thing I studied and have managed to translate into some basic language is the classic Greek "Topics of Invention". 
   
  http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Canons/Invention/TOPICS%20OF%20INVENTION/TOPICS.HTM
   
  This site really goes into them very deeply. Being a bit weird, I enjoy reading things like this, so maybe someone else might find them useful. They are commonly called the rhetorical modes, but this gives some clear examples of exactly what the modes were meant to be. Every bit of knowledge helps add to the toolbox. I love even the totle of them...Topics of Invention...how cool is that? All writers need to be able to invent things. 
   
  Carole Ann


A society which muzzles its poets risks going to the dogs. (Carole Borges)
                                                    
  Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to 
make your soul grow." (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1923-2007)


       
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