Australian Progymnasmata: Comparison (Book 7) continues the ancient tradition of the progymnasmata—a graded series of exercises developed by the Greeks and Romans to train students in imitation, elaboration, and the art of eloquent writing and speaking.
 
Designed especially for Australian students, this volume focuses on the classical exercise of syncrisis (comparison), guiding learners to place two subjects side by side, analyse their similarities and differences, and compose clear, balanced, and persuasive evaluations enriched by vivid description and reasoned argument.
 
Explore engaging topics such as the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru (Ayers Rock), Captain Cook and Matthew Flinders, St Peter and St Paul, fortitude and cowardice, and democracy and monarchy. Through careful reading, thoughtful discussion, purposeful research, revision, and oral presentation, students strengthen critical thinking, moral discernment, and rhetorical skill while drawing on Australia’s rich heritage and the timeless wisdom of the ages.