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The 71 pages that link to Rhetoric, each with the reason it gives.
Jean PaulhanNarrower topic: Paulhan’s theory of literary convention revisits rhetoric as a living condition of writing.
Johann MatthesonRelated: Mattheson treated musical composition as analogous to persuasive speech.
Media studiesCompared with: It offers tools for analyzing persuasion but does not encompass media institutions and technologies.
ProtagorasRelated: Protagoras taught skills that helped students argue and participate in civic life.
Communication studiesRelated: Rhetoric connects communication research to persuasion, public argument, and audience response.
Communication theoryCompared with: It focuses on persuasion and audience response rather than transmission limits.
HomileticsRelated: It explains how sermons organize language to make arguments compelling and memorable.
StylisticsCompared with: Rhetoric foregrounds persuasive aims, while stylistics also investigates expressive and literary effects.
English studiesRelated: It connects close reading to how English texts shape audiences and arguments.
Legal writingRelated: Legal advocacy uses persuasive techniques within constraints imposed by law and evidence.
OxymoronNarrower topic: Oxymoron is a rhetorical choice that shapes how an utterance is received.
Paul de ManNarrower topic: De Man treated rhetoric as a force that can disrupt a text’s apparent meaning.
Technical communicationNarrower topic: It explains how audience, purpose, and situation shape technical messages.
Informal fallacyRelated: Persuasive language can accompany fallacious reasoning, but rhetoric itself is not a fallacy.
Thomas BrowneRelated: His balanced clauses, unusual vocabulary, and extended sentences give inquiry a distinctive literary form.
De OratoreNarrower topic: Cicero treats oratory as a demanding form of rhetoric grounded in civic life.
In Praise of FollyRelated: Folly's skillful performance makes the reader weigh her claims rather than accept them literally.
Informal logicCompared with: Rhetoric emphasizes persuasive communication, while informal logic focuses on argument quality.
Sophistic movementNarrower topic: Sophists made persuasive speaking a teachable skill for public life.
Writing (composition)Related: Its attention to audience and purpose helps explain how writers shape choices.
Writing (written work)Related: Rhetorical choices shape how a written work informs, persuades, or moves its audience.