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    A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with ExamplesSocrates: The fact is, as we said at the beginning of our discussion, that the aspiring speaker needs no knowledge of the truth about what is right or good... In courts of justice no attention is paid whatever to the truth about such topics; all that... more

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  • Rated by Teeg on Nov 29 2005, 5:46pm

    A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with ExamplesSocrates: The fact is, as we said at the beginning of our discussion, that the aspiring speaker needs no knowledge of the truth about what is right or good... In courts of justice no attention is paid whatever to the truth about such topics; all that matters is plausibility... There are even some occasions when both prosecution and defence should positively suppress the facts in favor of probability, if the facts are improbable. Never mind the truth -- pursue probability through thick and thin in every kind of speech; the whole secret of the art of speaking lies in consistent adherence to this principle. Phaedrus: That is what those who claim to be professional teachers of rhetoric actually say, Socrates.

  • Rated by TheBlight on Nov 08 2005, 12:41pm

    From the page: "Agreements entered into when one state of facts exists -- are they to be maintained regardless of changing conditions? J. Diefenbaker" Dief'll still be the chief again someday.

  • Rated by wsucarlsen on Oct 28 2005, 4:34am

    Oh how I love to just click around these areas. Just reminds me of what I had forgotten and should have remembered. Yah, yah, get a life. I've heard it before.

  • Rated by TemujinSweeney on Oct 21 2005, 6:14pm

    Beautiful. My girlfriend is going to live on this site.

  • Rated by indiejade on Oct 20 2005, 11:21am

    Ooh, a litany of loquaciousness for language lovers.

  • Reviewed by anmi on Oct 13 2005, 6:54am

    Very impressive - but I'm too stupid for this.

  • Rated by Centz on Oct 02 2005, 6:35pm

    If you studied the classics years ago and forgot the special names for rhetorical devices, this is a place to come.

  • Rated by choim on Sep 24 2005, 8:55pm

    those ancient bastards had a name for every part of everything. words "was" their technology. this is a great site for oldtimers.

  • Rated by sparkle666 on Sep 17 2005, 11:26am

    linguists do it with their tongues