The Trivium guides the reader through a clarifying and rigorous account of logic, grammar and rhetoric. A thorough presentation of general grammar, propositions, syllogisms, enthymemes, fallacies, poetics, figurative language, and metrical discourse accompanied by lucid graphics and enlivened by examples from Shake speare, Milton, Plato and others make The Trivium a perfect book for teachers, students, writers, lawyers and all serious users of language.