general/rhetoric

Branch or "eidē" of rhetoric

Stylistic device

Affected, bombastic style of language

Rhetoric practice

Work traditionally attributed to Aristotle

Type of word in political discourse

Canon of rhetoric

Trite, prosaic, or cliché truism

Figure of speech

Terse philosophical saying

Method in rhetorical criticism

Ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech

Arrangement of phrases in increasing order of importance

Brief fable or allegorical story

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Art of dictation

Modifying noun phrases by placing them next to each other

Canon of rhetoric

Submethod of Rhetorical Cricitism

Type of literary work

Third canon of classical rhetoric

Field of research focused on composition

Discipline of delivering speeches in Western classical rhetoric

Context of a rhetorical event

Rhetorical device

Compound or phrase with an interpolated word in the middle

History of Roman oratory

Introductory core curriculum writing course in US colleges and universities

Refined writing on a trivial subject

Art of public speaking; Roman genre

Rhetorical misuse of a term

Claim so obvious as to be hardly worth mentioning

Using different words to restate a text's or passage's meaning

Literary criticism concerning rhetoric

Figures of speech

Rhetorical strategy of comparison

German-language debating competition for students

1970 book

Ancient Latin book on rhetoric

Rhetorical technique

Rhetorical device

Literary technique used to persuade

Formal defense of an opinion, position, or action