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Word: Rhetorical
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (first used in the sense ‘eloquently expressed’): via Latin from Greek rhētorikos (from rhētor ‘rhetor’) + -al
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rɪˈtɒrɪkl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric
Short Definition:relating to or concerned with art of rhetoric
Examples:- repetition is a common rhetorical device
Definition:
(of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information
Short Definition:asked
Examples:- the general intended his question to be purely rhetorical
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