I. What Is A Rhetoric?: Example 1
I. What Is A Rhetoric?: Example 1
I. What Is A Rhetoric?: Example 1
Rhetoric is the ancient art of persuasion. It’s a way of presenting and making your views
convincing and attractive to your readers or audience. In the classical world, rhetoric was
considered one of the most important school subjects, and no gentleman was raised without
extensive formal training in the skill. That’s why the politicians of, say, the 19 century were
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Although rhetoric is often connected with making speeches, it applies just as well to writing.
Example 1
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining before us.
Example 1
Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow was only published a few years ago (2010), but
already it’s become highly influential in the world of politics. In the book, Alexander uses a
combination of logical arguments, historical context, and emotional human stories to show
the harm caused by the modern criminal justice system. Her book has proved highly
persuasive to outside activists and mainstream politicians alike, which demonstrates the
power of her rhetoric.
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;