adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rhetorical question (= a question you ask without expecting an answer, in order to make a point )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
approach
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This chapter explores the points of contact between the theory of social representations and the rhetorical approach .
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However, they are necessary if the similarities between the rhetorical approach and the theory of social representations are to be demonstrated.
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It gave the best possible example that could be found for a rhetorical approach to the question of property.
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At first glance, this rhetorical approach seems to direct the study of attitudes to that of public argument and controversy.
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The rhetorical approach links the processes of thinking to those of argumentation, for it suggests that deliberative thought is internalized argumentation.
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Above all, the rhetorical approach draws attention to the importance of the capacity to negate.
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What the rhetorical approach points out is that such dialogue expresses the contrary themes of cultural and ideological life.
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Because of the stress on argumentation, the rhetorical approach warns against assuming the internal consistency of social consciousness or social representations.
device
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However, he does not justify this suggestion by giving the criteria for classifying a mode of expression as a rhetorical device .
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A rhetorical device with which to disarm his critics?
question
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But rhetorical questions can be over-used, especially where answers to the questions do not follow immediately.
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That is not a rhetorical question .
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Consider these two rhetorical questions , from an essay on Othello: Does this tell us about Shakespeare?
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The two extremes can be expressed in the form of two rhetorical questions .
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A rhetorical question , but asked with deep feeling.
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These and other rhetorical questions are asked in a spirit of humility with no stones clutched, hidden in the hand.
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His critics even smile in anticipation of a rhetorical question meeting with a devastating reply.
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The rhetorical question rightly goes unanswered, and the following paragraph consigns the missio unmourned to the shades.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She delivered her speech with her usual rhetorical fire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And, sure, he spent Wednesday in Chicago pumping wind into his rhetorical drive for tougher education standards.
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At one level this statement is clearly metaphorical and rhetorical .
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Consider these two rhetorical questions, from an essay on Othello: Does this tell us about Shakespeare?
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Republicans concede that the president has an uncanny rhetorical talent that he has used effectively to put congressional leaders on the defensive.
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Still others claim that they lack the rhetorical or interpersonal skills to communicate honestly and openly.
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This chapter explores the points of contact between the theory of social representations and the rhetorical approach.