RHETORIC

(noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
(noun) loud and confused and empty talk
"mere rhetoric"
synonyms : empty talk , empty words , hot air , palaver
(noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
"the grandiosity of his prose", "an excessive ornateness of language"
synonyms : grandiloquence , grandiosity , magniloquence , ornateness
(noun) using language effectively to please or persuade

Mnemonics for rhetoric

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rhetoric = "right oral" skills. If you have the right oral skills, you can communicate well.
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(Tag: English) RHETORIC is right oral skills with little real sound knowledge
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(Tag: ) rhetorical questn is a questn which does not expects any ans frm t listener, bt provokes him to think on it just like putting him in words and entangling him.. its an art of communication (in hindi like shabdo ke jaal mein fasana)
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