The term Rhetoric has came from Greek word ‘Rhetorike‘ meaning ‘Technical art or a rhetor“( rhetor means orator or public spreker). Some other critics also say that the term has came from Latin ‘Rhetorica‘ or ‘Rhetorice‘.
we may say that rhetoric is the art of using language or decorating it well ,and gradually the technique to influence or delight the audience with the verbal or writing skills .It also indicates the art or science of using words effectively or literary composition in both Prose and Verse.
In words of Critic Smith -” art of clear and effective use of language,written or spoken,as the vehicle for the communication of ideas “.
- Name the first book on the Subject rhetoric: The first book on the subject was Aristotle’s Rhetoric which was written sometime before 322 BC or 320 BC.
- How Aristotle described rhetoric in his book rhetoric? In the book rhetoric Aristotle discourse as “the art of discovering all the available means of persuasion in all given case”.
- What is the difference between Grammar and Rhetoric?
Grammar gradually is the foundation of basic of all composition, it initially deals with forms and constructions of word and their customary arrangement in phrases and sentences,punctuation and it also gives emphasis on the language sound. while grammer is the matter of such rules and etiquette which ensure the correctness of language ,rhetoric work as the ornament of a sentence or language,and in comparison with grammar ,rhetoric is much hard to learn. Grammar can’t inspire a reader but the proper use of rhetoric can obviously inspire a reader with its megnanimous use and richness of style . Rhetoric is a true art .
Classification of Figures of Speech or Rhetorics
Figures based on Similarity or Resemblance
Figures based on Association
- Metonymy
- Synecdoche
- Transfered Epithet or Hypallage
- Allusion
Figures based on contrast or difference
- Antithesis
- Oxymoron
- Epigram
- Paradox
- Climax
- Anti-Climax or Bathos
- The Condensed Sentence
Figures based on indirectness
- Innuendo
- Irony
- Sarcasm
- Periphresis or Curcumlocution
- Euphemism
- Meiosis or Understatement
- Litotes
Figures based on Sound
- Onomatopoeia
- Pun
- Alliteration
- Assonance
Figures based on Construction
- Introgation or Erotesis
- Exclamation
- Chiasmus
- Hendiadyds
- Zeugma
- Asyndeton
- Polysyndeton
- Hyperbation
- Epanaphora or Anaphora
Miscellaneous Figures
- Tautology
- Aposiopesis
- Syllepsis
- Prolepsis or Anticipation
- Epistrophe
- Paraleipsis
