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"'''rhetoric'''" = "the art of use of language for persuasion"
'''Rhetorical devices''' = language / communication tools used for persuasion


* see page entry for [[Rhetoric]]
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, a fundamental component of open, civil society and discourse. Where there is no persuasion, there is mere conformity or, worse, compulsion. Rhetoric underlies a free, democratic society.
 
Rhetoric is more than a matter of speaking or writing <u>style</u>. It is a combination of 1) speaker & audience; 2) logic; 3) emotion = ''ethos, logos, pathos.'' Rhetoric moves ideas, is moved by ideas, and changes behaviors, beliefs, and actions.
 
== Definitions ==
 
=== rhetoric ===
 
* "the art of the use of language for persuasion"
 
=== rhetorical ===
 
* of or having to do with "rhetoric", which is "the art the use of language for persuasion"
 
=== device ===
 
* a technique or tool employed in
* thus, a technique for persuasion
 
=== rhetorical device ===
= techniques for persuasion
 
=== "rhetorical" in literary analysis ===
 
* note that in literature, "rhetoric" and "rhetorical"
 
see also: [[Rhetoric]] page entry


== Rhetoric ==
== Rhetoric ==