Editing Inventio (section)

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'''''Inventio''''', one of the five canons of rhetoric, is the method used for the ''discovery of arguments'' in Western [[rhetoric]] and comes from the [[Latin]] word, meaning "invention" or "discovery". ''Inventio'' is the central, indispensable canon of rhetoric, and traditionally means a systematic search for [[argument]]s.<ref name=Glenn2008>{{cite book|last=Cheryl Glenn and Melissa A. Goldthwaite|title=The St. Martin's Guide to Teaching Writing|year=2008|publisher=Bedford/St. Martin's|location=Boston, MA}}</ref>{{rp|151–156}}

Speakers use ''inventio'' when they begin the thought process of forming and developing an effective argument. Often, the invention phase can be seen as the first step in an attempt to generate ideas or create an argument that is convincing and compelling. The other four canons of [[classical rhetoric]] (namely [[dispositio]], [[elocutio]], [[memoria]], and [[pronuntiatio]]) rely on their interrelationship with invention.