Sentences with phrase «for rhetorical purposes»

For example, people can broaden definitions for rhetorical purposes, or use words metaphorically.

Whether or not what he said was accurate (and I'm not saying that it isn't a problem if he makes inaccurate statements about climate change), misrepresenting what he said for rhetorical purposes is counterproductive.

Redefining words and labels for rhetorical purposes instead of trying to explain and clarify only leaves people simultaneously confused and suspicious.

Many companies have mission statements, and they're handy to reference in all - hands meetings or a quarterly report, but they're more for rhetorical purposes than anything else.

Not exact matches

The question may be rhetorical or may be for the purpose of stimulating thought.

However, near the end he poses a rhetorical question: «Why, when we know what is good for young children, do we persist in miseducating them, in putting them at risk for no purpose?»

Expressive Sensitivity: skill in the use of words for expressive and practical purposes Rhetorical Skill: to use language effectively for interpersonal negotiation and persuasion Written - academic: to use words well in writing reports, letters, stories, verbal memory, reading / writing.

In this unit, students are required to identify the rhetorical strategies in a famous speech and the specific purpose for each chosen device.

As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has been a perennial dream and a rhetorical challenge, displaying an indestructible vitality even in the face of repeated defeats.

The tools of epidemiology — statistics and probability — are abstractions that defy the craving for black and white arguments that easily suite the rhetorical purposes of either side of the argument.

Those questions are, for present purposes, rhetorical.