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rhetoric (Insincere language), noun affectation, artiiicial eloquence, bombastic speech, declamation, grandiloquence, grandiosity, inflated language, loftiness, magniloquence, pomposity, pompous speech, pompousness, pretension, pretentiousness rhetoric (Skilled speech), noun address, allocution, appeal, ars dicendi, art of composition, art of discourse, art of prose, command of words, compositional skill, delivery, diction, discourse, elocution, eloquence, exhortation, flowery language, forensic oratory, language, parlance, phraseology, phrasing, public speaking, rhetorica, science of oratory, speech-making, wording See also: bombast, declamation, fustian, language, parlance, phraseology, speech How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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According to Darsey, rhetorics of radical reform that rely on this prophetic tradition are less interested in adapting truth to an audience through practical application of the means of persuasion than in bringing "the practice of the people into accord with a sacred principle" though an "uncompromising, often excoriating stance toward a reluctant audience. And I wondered how I could use this series of emails in my upper-level rhetoric course titled "The Rhetorics of Imprisonment: Globalization and the Prison Industrial Complex. Rhetorics, Poetics, and Cultures: Refiguring College English Studies. |
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