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| Emotive Meaning or Rhetorical Force |
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| The positive or negative association of a word; a word's rhetorical force. |
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| In our usage,"rhetoric" is language used primarily to persuade or influence beliefs or rather than to prove logically. |
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| Rhetorical devices are used to influence beliefs or attitudes the the association, connotations, and implications of words, sentences or more extended passages. Rhetorical devices include slanters and falacies. While rhetoric devices may be used to enhance the persuasive force of arguments , they do not add to the logical force of arguments. |
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| A linguistic device used to affect opinions, attitudes, or behavior without argumentation. Slanters rely heavily on the suggestive power of words and phrases to convey and evoke favorable and unfavorable images. |
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| An agreeable or inoffensive expression that is substituted for an expression that may offend the hearer or suggest something unpleasant. |
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| A word or phrase used to produce a negative effect on a reader's or listener's attitude about something or to minimize the positive association the thing may have...Someone saying that there has been a increase in crime in our area or your not as safe in your house as you used to be is an example of dysphemism. |
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| An expression used to protect a claim from criticism by weakening it. |
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| An expression used to play down or diminish the importance of something. |
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| An oversimplified generalizations about the members of a class. |
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| Paralipsis or Significant Mention |
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| A passing over with brief mention so as to emphasize the suggestiveness of what is omitted. |
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| An insinuation of something-of the nature of or expressing disapproval, protest, or depreciation-deprecatory |
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| A question that rests on one or more unwarranted or unjustified assumptions. |
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| A pattern of fallacious reasoning in which ridicule is disguised as a reason for rejecting a claim. |
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| Extravagant overstatement. |
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| A pseuendo-definition give to express our feelings or influence someone else's. |
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| An explanation intended to influence attitudes or effect behavior; such explanations often make use of images with positive or negative emotional associations...Using a video about global warming to scare people into believing Global Warming exists is a example of Rhetorical Explanation |
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| An analogy used to express or influence attitudes or affect behavior; such analogies often invoke images with positive or negative emotional associations. |
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| An expression used to suggest that there is evidence or authority for a claim without actually saying what it is. |
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