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Dispositio
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<p><i>Dispositio</i> is the system used for the organization of arguments in the context of Western classical <a href="/facts/Rhetoric/mB9np26l">rhetoric</a>. The word is <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a>, and can be translated as "organization" or "arrangement". </p><p>It is the second of five canons of classical rhetoric (the first being <a href="/facts/Inventio/lGNoUR4F">inventio</a>, and the remaining being <a href="/facts/Elocutio/7bMefyso">elocutio</a>, <a href="/facts/Memoria/M5MW7u4T">memoria</a>, and <a href="/facts/Pronuntiatio/nCxUKxWY">pronuntiatio</a>) that concern the crafting and delivery of speeches and writing. </p><p>The first part of any rhetorical exercise was to discover the proper arguments to use, which was done by the formalized methods of <i>inventio</i>. The next problem was to select various arguments and organize them into an effective discourse. </p>