Sentences with phrase «rhetorical hyperbole»
"Rhetorical hyperbole" refers to an exaggerated statement used to make a point or create a strong effect in speech or writing. It's not meant to be taken literally, but rather to emphasize an idea or enhance the overall message being conveyed. Full definition
Steve: as JosephW acutely observed, Steyn's main line of defence seems to be honest belief, not rhetorical hyperbole.
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Was his statement intended as rhetorical hyperbole or did he intend to convey that the article was written with an intent to deceive?
Placher performs a useful service when he corrects misconceptions and deflates rhetorical hyperbole on both sides of the revisionist - post-liberal debate.
When will NRO and Mark Steyn et al tell their followers that they are now claiming, in their defense, that their allegations of fraud against Michael Mann were merely rhetorical hyperbole rather than statements of fact that can be proven false?
Steyn's main line of defence seems to be honest belief, not rhetorical hyperbole.
Whether appropriate or not, I think this particular f - word, along with another commonly used one, have just fallen into widespread use as rhetorical hyperbole.
They now claim that their statements were merely «expressions of opinion and rhetorical hyperbole... not assertions of fact» — which could be proven false.
Where did it start, this rhetorical hyperbole that attempts to transform the star of the moment into something more than human?
Similarly, climate scientist Michael Mann's recent US case explicitly avoided comments it accepted were «rhetorical hyperbole» that «can not reasonably be interpreted as stating actual facts about an individual.»
The defendants have argued that their statements were rhetorical hyperbole, and that fraudulent is often used in a colloquial sense to merely suggest a work is «bogus» or «flawed» as the EPA suggests.
The Court is not buying the Defendants arguments in their Motion to Dismiss that their statements are protected speech under the First Amendment, mere «opinion,» «rhetorical hyperbole,» or «fair comment.»
They now claim that their statements were merely «expressions of opinion and rhetorical hyperbole... not assertions of fact» — which could be proven false.
It found the «hate crime» comments substantially true and mention of the «anti-ham response plan» protected as «rhetorical hyperbole».
The Court of Appeals agreed, finding that most, but not all of the statements attributed to the Plaintiff were largely true, although laced with «imaginative expression» or «rhetorical hyperbole», which it concluded were protected speech.
Instead, the statements merely expressed Dr. Baker or Mr. Smyth's opinions, and, at most, constituted «rhetorical hyperbole.»
The court found that Horowitz's statement was an nonactionable opinion which should have been understood by the audience to constitute no more than rhetorical hyperbole.