Theory is a way to analyze a brewing argument.
Hermagoras of Temnos compiled the original questions of stasis. Since then, the questions of stasis have been developed and expanded. The first step at a successful rhetorical argument is identifying and understanding the stasis. Aristotle as well, made his contributions to the development of stasis theory. In other words, the question of fact must be tackled before that of definition, of quality, or of jurisdiction.