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Rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse) describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. Four of the most common rhetorical modes and their purpose are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration.
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( Editorās note: Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, in this column is purely coincidental. ) - Obamaās rhetorical shift from hope to teamwork
It was to be expected that, in the course of his State of the Union address , President Obama would mention the killing of Osama bin Laden, whose death represented the culmination of the battle against terrorism that began on Sept. 11, 2001 . Read full article >> - Right's Incendiary Talk On Chevy Volt Will Burn U.S. Workers
In my recent piece on the hysterical reaction to the Chevrolet Volt that caught fire after a crash test (and the attendant right-wing, anti-GM, anti-Obama administration propaganda assault), I posed a rhetorical question: Where is the outrage over the fact that roughly 178,000 conventional gasoline-powered vehicles are subject to either partial or total incineration each year? (One every two ... - Yes, itās a rhetorical
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COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address proved himself to be a Republican rhetoric rip-off artist. Obama stole key components of Jon Huntsman's stump speech and recycled one of Rick Perry's key phrases. As if stealing from drop-out candidates wasn't enough, he borrowed from Newt Gingrich, too. - Gingrich, Romney slam Havana to woo Cuban-Americans
Newt Gingrich was ahead in the rhetorical war among Republican presidential hopefuls on who could be toughest on Cuba's communist regime, suggesting Wednesday he would bomb the island if there were a popular uprising. - Greg Johnson: Haslam hits right rhetorical notes
In 2010, former Knoxville mayor Bill Haslam based his campaign for governor on competence, claiming his experiences running a big company and one of Tennessee's largest cities gave him the technocratic bona fides to direct the Volunteer State. Last year, after less than two months in office, Gov. Bill Haslam gave a wonkish, workmanlike State of the State address. - Contraception controversy consumes D.C., campaign
Congressional Democrats and Republicans escalated their rhetorical war Thursday over a pending federal rule requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to women -- one day after hints emerged of a possible compromise between the White House and conservative religious critics. - āStep back from the rhetorical brinkā
Roland Paris worries about the Prime Ministerās rhetoric on Iran. If Harper is correct,... - America's Self-Righteous Indignation Over Syria at the UN
American officials spared no rhetorical expense in reacting to Saturday's collapse of a UN resolution on Syria.
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