classical rhetoric

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classical
adjective
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/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of ...
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rhetoric
noun[U]
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/ˈret.ər.ɪk/us
/ˈret̬.ɚ.ɪk/
speech or writing intended to be effective and ...
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(Definition ofclassicalandrhetoricfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore, it is based on a restricted notion of style - that ofclassicalrhetoric.
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The only possible recourse is to wholesale coinage (starting with the titular category itself) and plunder (fromclassicalrhetoric, speech-act theory, structuralism, deconstruction).
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This view was underpinned by the close relation betweenclassicalrhetoricand the civic business of the foundation and conservation of the commonwealth.
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Modern teachings continue to reference these rhetorical leaders and their work in discussions ofclassicalrhetoricand persuasion.
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Secondly, the answer to the question relies on an attack of the epistomological presuppositions of aclassicalrhetoricof science.
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Today, chiasmus is applied fairly broadly to any criss-cross structure, although inclassicalrhetoric it was distinguished from other similar devices, such as the antimetabole.
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Originally,classicalrhetoricstudies were geared to composition that included emotional and ethical appeals in addition to logical ones.
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The formalist approach, in this sense, is a continuation of aspects ofclassicalrhetoric.
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One of the main components ofclassicalrhetoric, to prepon (the appropriate), is also extremely prevalent in this address.
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Inclassicalrhetoric, it is contrasted with "episteme".
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This has been interpreted as showing a distancing from traditional rhetoric styles, but there are echoes ofclassicalrhetoricin several areas.
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Tropes and their classification were an important field inclassicalrhetoric, and was taken up again in modern criticism, especially deconstruction.
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He seems to qualify as a phonetic master, as well as one having control ofclassicalrhetorictechniques.
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Visual rhetoric has been approached from a variety of academic fields of study such as art history, linguistics, semiotics, cultural studies, business and technical communication, speech communication, andclassicalrhetoric.
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It was one of five canons inclassicalrhetoric(the others being inventio, dispositio, elocutio, and pronuntiatio) concerned with the crafting and delivery of speeches and prose.
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Campbell attempts to clarify the theoretical understanding ofclassicalrhetoric.
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They were considered a new type of literary technique derived fromclassicalrhetoricand imbued with such detail that they became a new form of art.
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It is the third of the five canons ofclassicalrhetoric(the others being inventio, dispositio, memoria, and pronuntiatio) that concern the crafting and delivery of speeches and writing.
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