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surething1111on Jan 06, 2011 2:30pm
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RE: RE: Cruising
RE: RE: CruisingVictor,
What I'm now wondering is............
Was the asking of that rhetorical question I answered earlier, based on anyhing other than rhetoric?
Definition of Rhetoric :
1: the art of speaking or writing effectively: asa : the study of principles and rules of compositionformulated by critics of ancient timesb : the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion
2
a : skill in the effective use of speechb : a type or mode of language or speech; also : insincere orgrandiloquent language
3
: verbal communication : discourse
Some examples of rhetoric:
a college course in rhetoric
<the mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric, since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program>
The media almost never discuss what the sweeping dismantling of public services inherent in the rhetoric of the antigovernment movement would mean in practice. —E. J. Dionne, Jr., Commonweal, 20 Nov. 2009