Rhetoric is part of the part of the Trivium[0] and was taught to elite American kids getting a Classical education starting around the age of 15. By this time t

Rhetoric is part of the part of the Trivium[0] and was taught to elite American kids getting a Classical education starting around the age of 15. By this time they would have already studied Latin grammar and a bit of logic and dialectic. I imagine some advanced students also read some selections on the topic by Cicero. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivium