Rhetoric is an academic discipline in the humanities that studies the techniques and strategies by which speakers and writers employ language to persuade, inform, and move audiences.
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Strategies of Discourse Comprehension
John J. Staczek, Teun A. van Dijk, Walter Kintsch · Modern Language Journal · 1985 · 5.5K citations
Thematic proto-roles and argument selection
David R. Dowty · Language · 1991 · 3.9K citations · Full text
Parables for the virtual: movement, affect, sensation
Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 3.8K citations
Carolyn R. Miller · Quarterly Journal of Speech · 1984 · 2.8K citations
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, United States
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The University of Texas at Austin
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Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
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University of Minnesota
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The Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
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Pennsylvania State University
State College, United States
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Purdue University West Lafayette
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See also Rhetoric | |
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Core Appeals | |
Argument Strategies | Argumentation Emotional Appeals Social Proof Figures Of Speech |
Rhetorical Figures | Rhetoric Visual Rhetoric Emotional Appeals Figures Of Speech Metaphor |
Historical Traditions | Rhetorical Construction Critical Rhetoric Neo-aristotelian Criticism Cartesian Rationalism |
Communication Contexts | Technical Writing Digital Rhetoric Rhetorical Context Multimodal Composition Discourse Community Theory |