Introduction: prepare the hearer’s mind for attention.

Narration: sets forth the events that have occurred or might have occurred.

Division: makes clear what matters are agreed upon and what are contested, and announces what points we intend to take up.

Proof: the presentation of our arguments, together with their corroboration.

Refutation: the destruction of our adversaries’ arguments.

Conclusion: sums up the argument.

This website includes another description of these sections: http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Canons/Arrangement.htm.