Rhetoric is the use of words to convince a person, audience, or whoever. By using rhetoric, you can please the audience and perhaps in turn, persuade them or manipulate their actions.
Submitted by InvisiblebiRON on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:37.
Rhetoric has less to do about what you say but more about how you say it. People who are skilled at rhetoric should be able to clearly get a point across. Often times rhetoric is more important in public speaking than what is said. Rhetoric is an art and the good usage of it is beautiful.
Submitted by dan_bortnick on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:37.
Well, when I think of rhetoric, I remember the phrase “rhetorical question”, which is a question that an answer is already inferred for or a question that doesn’t really need an answer. So, this might be completely wrong, but I’m going to say that rhetoric has something to do with the way something is worded that may or may not lend itself to having a proper or right answer or something that may be able to logically follow it in conversation.
Submitted by polkastripe on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:38.
The word rhetoric means that whatever is being communicated, whether through a picture or through speech, is powerful and affects the person receiving ‘the message’.
I’ve heard this word used and defined a ton, but can’t ever seem to remember what it means, but if I had to make an educated guess, I would say rhetoric refers to a way a word is used in context to a dialogue or conversation.
Rhetoric is the subject of how to appeal to certain individuals or groups of people. It comes in three major forms, emotional rhetoric, logical rhetoric, and societal or ethical rhetoric (pathos, logos, and ethos). That is to say, pathos is an appeal to emotions, logos an appeal to logic and ethos an appeal to ethical values.
Rhetoric – Statements or questions that have an obvious meaning or answer that need not be responded to?
Submitted by dpaulat on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:36.Rhetoric - Using words to persuade, explain, and inform.
Submitted by Adam on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:37.Rhetoric is the use of words to convince a person, audience, or whoever. By using rhetoric, you can please the audience and perhaps in turn, persuade them or manipulate their actions.
Submitted by InvisiblebiRON on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:37.Something stated in the form of a question that is so obvious that an actual answer to the question is not expected.
Submitted by Bdawg8569 on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:37.Rhetoric has less to do about what you say but more about how you say it. People who are skilled at rhetoric should be able to clearly get a point across. Often times rhetoric is more important in public speaking than what is said. Rhetoric is an art and the good usage of it is beautiful.
Submitted by dan_bortnick on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:37.Rhetoric is a way to communicate important information in a way not commonly used.
Submitted by mhorstme on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:55.Well, when I think of rhetoric, I remember the phrase “rhetorical question”, which is a question that an answer is already inferred for or a question that doesn’t really need an answer. So, this might be completely wrong, but I’m going to say that rhetoric has something to do with the way something is worded that may or may not lend itself to having a proper or right answer or something that may be able to logically follow it in conversation.
Submitted by polkastripe on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:38.The word rhetoric means that whatever is being communicated, whether through a picture or through speech, is powerful and affects the person receiving ‘the message’.
Submitted by rsaba on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:38.I’ve heard this word used and defined a ton, but can’t ever seem to remember what it means, but if I had to make an educated guess, I would say rhetoric refers to a way a word is used in context to a dialogue or conversation.
Submitted by aaurella on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:38.an effective use of language to get a point across
Submitted by rsethi on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:38.Rhetoric is the a way to persuade people.
Submitted by ngc6853s on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:38.A means of conveying information...
Submitted by jajansen on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:38.Rhetoric is to persuade a person with information
Submitted by julie4646 on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:39.Rhetoric – the form in which you communicate or express yourself.
Submitted by merlin769 on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:39.Rhetoric is using language effectively to prove a point
Submitted by Mrmann on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:39.Rhetoric is the subject of how to appeal to certain individuals or groups of people. It comes in three major forms, emotional rhetoric, logical rhetoric, and societal or ethical rhetoric (pathos, logos, and ethos). That is to say, pathos is an appeal to emotions, logos an appeal to logic and ethos an appeal to ethical values.
Submitted by jdortiz on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:39.