Rhetoric Flashcards
Rhetoric is…
the persuasive dimension of discursive and symbolic practise.
Rhetorical devices
A rhetorical device is a linguistic means for giving a statement a positive or negative spin in order to influence the views of the audience.
Euphemism is…
A rhetorical device that seeks to mute a disagreeable aspect of something or to emphasise its agreeable aspects.
Dysphemism is…
A rhetorical device that seeks to emphasise the disagreeable aspect of something.
Downplayer is…
A rhetorical device for toning down the importance of something.
Stereotype is…
a rhetorical device for making an often unwarranted and oversimplified generalisation about the members of a group.
Innuendo is…
A rhetorical device that uses words with neutral or positive associations to insinuate something deprecatory.
Loaded question is…
A question that contains a controversial or unjustified presumption that would incur unwanted commitments on the respondents part.
Hyperlobe is…
A rhetorical device that consists in extravagant overstatements for getting the audience to adopt a positive or negative point of view on something.
Rhetorical explanation is…
A rhetorical device disguised as an explanation for showing something in a negative light.
Domestication is…
A rhetorical device that employs friendly metaphors to normalise and trivialise the extraordinary.
Bureaucratisation is…
A rhetorical device for mystifying something either by using neutral or technologized concepts.
