Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 12 AIL 1106 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rhetoric
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The idea
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion: the study of how language is arranged to move an audience. The word is neutral, naming a craft rather than a vice. Calling a passage rhetorical says it is designed to persuade, not that it is dishonest.
In practice
The craft of persuasion, neutrally.
Where people slip
The word is not an accusation.
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