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    Rhetoric (/ˈrɛtərɪk/) is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse (trivium) along with grammar and logic/dialectic. As an...
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    is Rhetoric, the Art of Rhetoric, On Rhetoric, or a Treatise on Rhetoric. Aristotle is credited with developing the basics of a system of rhetoric that...
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    The political rhetoric of Donald Trump, the president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, has been examined in an extensive body of reporting and analysis...
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    Visual rhetoric is the art of effective communication through visual elements such as images, typography, and texts. Visual rhetoric encompasses the skill...
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  • The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy is a book by theorist Albert O. Hirschman, which styles the rhetoric of conservatism in opposition...
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    In rhetoric, an anaphora (Greek: ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring...
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  • Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric comprises themes, catchphrases, and slogans that have been used in order to demean lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)...
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    Contrastive rhetoric is the study of how a person's first language and his or her culture influence writing in a second language or how a common language...
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  • balance, parallelism represents "one of the basic principles of grammar and rhetoric". Parallelism as a rhetorical device is used in many languages and cultures...
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  • structure of an author's reasoning. While they are used primarily for rhetoric, they are also used in a strictly grammatical sense for structural composition...
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  • Usotoki Rhetoric (嘘解きレトリック) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ritsu Miyako. It was serialized in Hakusensha's Bessatsu Hana to Yume...
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    Digital rhetoric can be generally defined as communication that exists in the digital sphere. As such, digital rhetoric can be expressed in many different...
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  • In rhetoric, a parenthesis (pl.: parentheses; from the Ancient Greek word παρένθεσις parénthesis 'injection, insertion', literally '(a) putting in beside')...
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  • A Rhetoric of Irony is a book about irony by American literary critic Wayne Booth. Booth argues that in addition to forms of literary irony, there are...
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    #5 in Cicero's list of rhetorical canons; traditionally linked to oral rhetoric, referring to how a speech is given (including tone of voice and nonverbal...
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    Forensic rhetoric, as coined in Aristotle's On Rhetoric, encompasses any discussion of past action including legal discourse—the primary setting for the...
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    The rhetoric of technology is both an object and field of study. It refers to the ways in which makers and consumers of technology talk about and make...
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    Rhetoric of science is a body of scholarly literature exploring the notion that the practice of science is a rhetorical activity. It emerged after a number...
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  • In rhetoric, meiosis is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than...
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    modes of appeal or rhetorical appeals (Greek: pisteis) are strategies of rhetoric that classify a speaker's or writer's appeal to their audience. These include...
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  • Buddhism. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2000. Shabo, Magedah Rhetoric, Logic, and Argumentation: A Guide for Student Writers. United States,...
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  • The Rhetoric of Hitler's "Battle" is an influential essay written by Kenneth Burke in 1939 which offered a rhetorical analysis of Adolf Hitler's rise to...
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    Isocrates made many contributions to rhetoric and education through his teaching and written works. Greek rhetoric is commonly traced to Corax of Syracuse...
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  • this system, including Codex Coislinianus and Codex Amiatinus. Comma (rhetoric) Colometry "colon". Online Etymology Dictionary. κῶλον. Liddell, Henry...
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  • "The Rhetoric of Drugs" (French: Rhétorique de la drogue) is a 1990 work by French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Derrida, interviewed, discusses the concept...
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    In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader...
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    Cognitive rhetoric refers to an approach to rhetoric, composition, and pedagogy as well as a method for language and literary studies drawing from, or...
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  • Universal rhetoric is a central concept in Charles Sanders Peirce's philosophy. According to Peirce, the main purpose of universal rhetoric is to consider...
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    New rhetorics is an interdisciplinary field approaching for the broadening of classical rhetorical canon. The New Rhetoric is a result of various efforts...
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    Modern rhetoric has gone through many changes since the age of ancient Rome and Greece to fit the societal demands of the time. Kenneth Burke, who is largely...
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