rhetoric
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈrɛtərɪk/
- Formal
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retórica
- In her speech, the senator used persuasive rhetoric to rally support for the new policy.
- persuasive rhetoric
- classical rhetoric
- Aristotle's rhetoric
So, you know, basic rhetoric, argumentation, how to convey an idea.
- So, you know, basic rhetoric, argumentation, how to convey an idea.
- And the Sophists taught young men oratory and rhetoric.
- We're certainly not trained in rhetoric, law and the classics to the extent of Augustine.
- It's a companion piece to the Rhetoric, the motion of animals.
- And the official term for the just talking about things is rhetoric, the latter dialectic.
- Music for three in musical rhetoric.
Examples
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They were in a course on analyzing the rhetoric of advertising.
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We are both silent, embarrassed by the usefulness of his self-help rhetoric, sad that the memorial is over.
Fiction book (1994) -
So you see how powerful the rhetoric can be in this area.
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Some of them claim to only teach rhetoric or, or the art of, of speaking well.
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But I do think that it's a voice and a rhetoric that really, really needs to be heard.
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And yet if they could both get past their rhetoric, her solution is the same as theirs.
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They believed his rhetoric about hope and change.
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That's a very popular kind of rhetoric in the sector right now.
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The leaders of both nations continue to employ old rhetoric to explain what binds the two nations together.
Academic text (1991) -
Questions of rhetoric are central to Core Standards for ELA and content area literacy.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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3.6
Getting someone to do or believe something by giving reasons
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7.3
The skill of speaking in public in a formal, powerful way to move people
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5.7
To give reasons to support or oppose an idea
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4.3
Skill in convincing people to believe or do something
A short word used in schools for the study of persuasive speaking or for a person who teaches it
Language used to persuade people with strong words and images
Compounds
- Literature
Political speech that focuses on poverty and helping poor people
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rhetoric comes from the old Greek word rhetor meaning 'speaker', and it first meant the art of giving good speeches. So rhetoric is the skill of using words to persuade or move people.