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Noun

rhetoric - study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
literary study the humanistic study of literature
rhetoric - using language effectively to please or persuade
expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence
expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
flourish (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
rhetoric - loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"
palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk
hokum, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, nonsense, bunk the quality of having no value or significance; "he resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him"
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Substantiv

rhetoric - The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
rhetoric - Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

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  • Rhetoric is the art of using language to communicate effectively and persuasively. It involves three audience appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos, as well as the five canons of rhetoric: invention or discovery, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Along with grammar and logic or dialectic, rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse.

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  • Flertall: rhetorics

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