Rhetoric

Entertainment / Literature / Rhetoric: The art of persuasive argument through writing or speech--the art of eloquence and charismatic language. A lengthier discussion can be found under the rhetoric link.
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Rhetoric Adjective Synonyms: eloquence, expressiveness, elocution, way with words, gift of the gab
Rhetoric Verb Synonyms: bombast, bluster, fustian, rodomontade, grandiloquence, magniloquence, oratory, windiness, high-flown poppycock, wordiness, sesquipedality, verbosity, prolixity, long-windedness, turgidity, flatulence, gasconade, hot air, puffery
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Rhetorical Climax

Entertainment / Literature / Rhetorical Climax: Also known as auxesis and crescendo, this refers to an artistic arrangement of a list of items so that they appear in a sequence of increasing importance. See rhetorical schemes for more information. MORE

Rhetorical Question

Lifestyle / Poetry / Rhetorical Question: The poet asks a question without expecting to learn anything from the response, or to pose any difficulty for the reader, the answer being something that the poet already implies and the reader infers MORE

Rhetorical Figures

Entertainment / Literature / Rhetorical Figures: Figures of speech such as schemes and tropes. MORE

Rhetorical Substition

Entertainment / Literature / Rhetorical Substition: The manipulation of the caesura to create the effect of a series of different feet in a line of poetry. Contrast with metrical substitution. MORE

Humanism

Entertainment / Literature / Humanism: A Renaissance intellectual and artistic movement triggered by a 'rediscovery' of classical Greek and Roman language, culture and literature. The term was coined in the sixteenth century from 'studia h MORE

Gradatio

Entertainment / Literature / Gradatio: Extended anadiplosis (see above). Unlike regular anadiplosis, gradatio continues the pattern of repetition from clause to clause. For instance, in The Caine Mutiny the captain declares: Aboard my ship MORE