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The 71 pages that link to Rhetoric, each with the reason it gives.
Burden of proofRelated: Public argument often turns on strategic demands about who must provide evidence.
Framing (social sciences)Compared with: Rhetoric concerns persuasive expression broadly; framing focuses on how selected aspects structure an issue.
Pauline epistlesRelated: Paul uses argument, scriptural interpretation, and appeals to authority to persuade recipients.
DialogueCompared with: Rhetoric often addresses an audience, while dialogue centers on exchange among participants.
NarrativeRelated: Narratives use rhetorical choices to guide interpretation and response.
PersuasionNarrower topic: Persuasion is one central purpose of rhetorical practice.
Critical thinkingCompared with: Persuasive force can be mistaken for evidential or logical strength.
DialecticCompared with: Rhetoric aims at persuasion, whereas dialectic centrally tests positions through questioning and response.
Opinion journalismRelated: Rhetorical choices shape how opinion journalism appeals to evidence, values, and emotion.
Media framingRelated: Rhetorical choices such as metaphor and evaluative wording help construct media frames.
ParallelismNarrower topic: Parallelism is a structural device used to shape rhetorical effect.
Mikhail LomonosovRelated: Lomonosov’s poetic theory used rhetorical principles to organize Russian literary styles.
AlliterationNarrower topic: Alliteration adds emphasis and verbal patterning to persuasive speech.
Visual rhetoricNarrower topic: Visual rhetoric applies rhetorical purposes to images and visual arrangements.
DiscourseCompared with: Rhetoric foregrounds persuasion and speakers’ choices; discourse can include conditions no individual speaker controls.
John ChrysostomRelated: His trained command of rhetoric made scriptural arguments vivid and memorable.
Public speakingNarrower topic: Its principles explain how public speeches shape judgment and response.
WitNarrower topic: Wit is a rhetorical resource that can make an argument engaging or memorable.
ArgumentRelated: Rhetorical choices shape how arguments are presented, apart from their logical strength.
Byzantine historiographyRelated: Education in rhetoric supplied the stylistic techniques used in Byzantine histories.
Liberal arts educationRelated: Argument and clear expression help students present ideas across disciplinary boundaries.
SimileNarrower topic: In speeches and essays, a simile can make an argument more accessible or memorable.
AnecdoteNarrower topic: An anecdote can support persuasion by giving an argument a concrete example.
Direct addressNarrower topic: Direct address is a rhetorical choice for making persuasion feel personal and immediate.
Pierre CorneilleRelated: His characters’ deliberations and declarations turn argument into theatrical action.
AntithesisNarrower topic: Antithesis is a figure within the broader practice of shaping language for effect.
Book reviewRelated: Reviewers use reasons and examples to make their judgments persuasive.
EssayNarrower topic: Rhetorical choices shape how an essay presents ideas to its audience.
TertullianRelated: His forceful Latin style makes rhetorical technique central to his defenses.
Ancient historiographyRelated: Speech-making and persuasive arrangement shaped how ancient histories explained events.
Declaration of SentimentsRelated: Its adaptation of revolutionary language makes women’s exclusion appear inconsistent with national ideals.
SophistsNarrower topic: Rhetoric was the central skill Sophists taught for assembly, court, and civic life.
Literary theoryRelated: Rhetorical analysis connects literary choices to their effects on an audience.
Political rhetoricNarrower topic: Political rhetoric is one domain of rhetoric, shaped by public power and political aims.
Roman tragedyRelated: Extended speeches make verbal display central to Roman tragic drama.
SermonRelated: A sermon uses rhetorical choices to make religious claims clear and persuasive.
Christopher HitchensRelated: His command of quotation, irony, and rapid rebuttal shaped how audiences encountered his arguments.
Civic humanismRelated: Classical rhetoric equipped humanists to deliberate and persuade in public institutions.
French Renaissance literatureRelated: Humanist rhetorical training informed the persuasion, satire, and formal invention of the period.
DemonstrationCompared with: Rhetorical success can persuade without establishing a conclusion by necessity.
Poetry and politicsNarrower topic: Political poems draw on rhetorical devices to make claims memorable and emotionally forceful.
HyperboleNarrower topic: Hyperbole is one rhetorical device among many ways to shape an audience's response.
OratoryNarrower topic: Oratory is spoken rhetoric, while rhetoric also includes written and visual communication.
ProseRelated: Classical rhetoric shaped prose composition through principles of argument and style.
SuggestionNarrower topic: Suggestion is one way rhetoric can shape an audience's interpretation indirectly.
WaldenRelated: Direct address, irony, and exaggeration make the book’s social criticism vivid.
AlexiadRelated: Praise, blame, and formal speeches guide the Alexiad’s judgments of people and events.
Commentarii de Bello GallicoNarrower topic: Selective detail and controlled narration shape how Caesar’s decisions appear justified.
Giambattista VicoRelated: Vico taught rhetoric and treated it as a source of insight into human thought.
EuphuismNarrower topic: Euphuism is a distinctive prose manner built from rhetorical figures and arrangement.