Sentences with phrase «rhetorical skills»

If you judged on rhetorical skill, the number of points made or the willingness to engage one's opponent, the Christian would surely have won (as much as one can «win» a never - ending debate).

While Barak Obama has proven to be both eloquent and persuasive, Secretary Duncan lacks the polish of his boss, but what he lacks in rhetorical skills he more than makes up for in tenacity.

I agree that blogging and social media allow other avenues for honing rhetorical skills.

The content and organizing principles of the speech are not ideologist but rather, in Leff's conclusion, «a kind of judgment specifically connected with prudence, decorum, and action where rhetorical skills are seen not just as instruments of persuasion but as equipment for living.»

As Dawkins puts it with his usual rhetorical skill:

Displaying such rhetorical skill is considerably more difficult in a foreign language.

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.

Martin Luther King Jr., we should remember, applied his considerable rhetorical skill to persuading those who saw the world differently to change their minds.

Here's an example: the goal of presenting projects and essays at your uni was to get a good grade, but a side product is that you've developed rhetorical skills.

How fortunate for us, then, that this solitary Dane exercised his awesome analytical and rhetorical skills to tear down the veil of deception and uncover the essential folly of his time, and in so doing, bequeathed to us powerful critical tools.

Melito was a gifted orator who used his rhetorical skills to open the Scriptures to his congregation: «If you wish to see the mystery of the Lord, look at Abel who is similarly murdered, at Isaac who is similarly bound, at Joseph who is similarly sold, at Moses who is similarly exposed, at David who is similarly persecuted, at the prophets who similarly suffer for the sake of Christ.

They require a certain kind of rhetorical skill and, to play it as Rainey does, considerable scholarship.

Of course, his rhetorical skills carry him only so far, and are useless when shouldering the burden of proof.

If I didn't change their minds, then I needed to work on my evidence or my rhetorical skills.

Most importantly, it would have allowed the candidates to use their rhetorical skills.

Televised debates, if done well, should be entertaining and fun, a display of rhetorical skills.

His aim is to use his scientific knowledge and rhetorical skill to explain what is known, what is not known, and what political interests are at play — and then let the public decide.

If the research you plan is not compelling, no rhetorical skill will make it compelling to a committee of smart scientists.

Rhetorical skills were on full display.

Teamwork enhances mutual respect and tolerance, team building and co-operative skills, speaking skills, rhetorical skills, leadership skills, and management skills.

It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.»

So the hacked emails simply provide a snapshot of the frustrations that many scientists experience when they interact with the public debate and the media and find that arguments are framed not on the basis of the strength of the evidence presented, but instead on the rhetorical skill of the protagonists.

You may have the rhetorical skill to make it difficult for me to prove it to others.

Though most lawyers rely on law school training, the discipline of actual practice and intuition as the instruments to guide and hone their rhetorical skills, some might wish to think directly about the art of persuasion itself.

It simply won't do if you say «My rhetorical skills are great.»

I expanded my rhetorical skills during my internship at XYZ, where I pitched my ideas in front of my colleagues on a regular basis.»

And, even if your rhetorical skills truly are great and you gave evidence to prove it, you should always add what sort of benefit it brings the company in question.