Sentences with phrase «rhetorical argument»
A "rhetorical argument" is a way of using language or words to persuade others or make a point, even if the argument may not have a straightforward or logical reason. It focuses on the style and effect of the words rather than presenting facts or evidence. Full definition
(They were meant as geniune questions, not rhetorical arguments, and I'm glad you took them that way.)
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What a stupid rhetorical argument to bring up for the NY election.
The purely rhetorical argument that the «party of Lincoln» hasn't wavered in character isn't new; in 2013, continuing a newish post-federal election tradition, Rand Paul became the latest Republican to speak at Howard University to make that case to a crowd rightly skeptical of the idea that the GOP post-Nixon can claim legitimate continuity with its own past.
The most frustrating thing about Diane Ravitch's new book, Reign of Error, isn't the way she twists the evidence on school choice or testing, or her condescending tone toward leaders trying to improve educational outcomes, or her clever but disingenuous rhetorical arguments.
It included all the usual rhetorical arguments against profits and Corporate America.
Otto walks us through the «oft repeated five prong propaganda strategy of cloaking rhetorical arguments in scientific legitimacy in order to affect a desired policy objective.»
Like War President, a portrait of George W. Bush made up of hundreds of small photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq, it's an image rather than a rhetorical argument — another empty room whose message arrives in one's own baggage.