What is Rhetoric?
In order to persuade, motivate, or inform the reader or listener about the position of the speaker or writer, rhetoric is the language which is used.
We might be familiar with the concept of a rhetorical question. A rhetorical question is a question which is often asked to an audience in an effort to get the audience think seriously about a question & its implications. The speaker or writer doesn’t usually expect answers to the question; the goal is to have a discussion.
Examples of Rhetorical Questions:
Are you doing the right thing?
What is this, a prank?
Can you believe that?
Rhetoric means the art of persuading, along with grammar & logic. It studies the techniques writers / speakers use in order to inform, persuade, or motivate audience in certain situations.
What is Rhetoric?
Speaking or writing that’s intended to persuade is known as Rhetoric. If we intend to write editorial columns, or while forming points for a debate or an argumentative essay, we should work on our rhetoric.
The word “ Rhetoric“ has a Greek origin which means “speaker” which is used for the art of persuasive speaking or writing. While listening eagerly to long speeches & while studied them in school, rhetoric was used by people in a positive sense; now it is often seen as a negative term, that implies artfulness over real content. For instance, if a person gives a clever speech but doesn’t mention the problem that needs to be addressed, one can say, “That’s just a lot of rhetoric.”
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