Rhetoric is often defined as “the art of language.” That might sound like a bit of a cliché (which it is), but it’s actually quite a nice way of saying that rhetorical devices and figures ...

This, then, is a list of his favorite linguistic flourishes -- and just what he means when he uses them: "Hope and change": Socialism at home, surrender abroad. Obama uses this talismanic formula ...

So is the Beatles’ “You say yes, I say no.” That simple rhetorical device is what makes them so memorable. Chiasmus is a rhetorical device in which words or grammatical parts are presented ...

With that, Trump offered an example of argument ad baculum — Latin for an appeal to force — one of six rhetorical techniques that, according to Texas A&M University professor of communication ...

Scholars of language have developed an impressive list of "rhetorical devices" -- particular ways of using language to create certain effects. Many of the rhetorical devices have become tried-and ...

Ronald Reagan, the Rolling Stones and Shakespeare are among the many who used rhetorical devices to get their points across. Being a fellow word person (and if you’re reading this, I assume you ...

President Obama’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Oslo on Thursday featured one of his favorite rhetorical devices: the false choice. “Within America, there has long been a tension between ...