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1、GeneralIntroductiontoEnglishRhetoricaldevicesGoodmorning,dearteacherandclassmates,todaythetopicIwanttodiscusswithyouistheEnglishrhetoricaldevices.butfirstly,whatisrhetoriconearth?（可当PPT插入,随你）Rhetoric,accordingtoLong-manModernDictionary,istheartorscienceofcommunicationinwords.Rhetoricisth
2、etheoryofinformationandpersuasivediscourse.--D.C.BryantRhetoricaimsatthestudyofhowsomepeoplepersuadetheotherstomakefreechoice.----EverettHuntRhetoricstudieshowtopromotecooperationbymeansoflinguisticsymbolsamongthosepeoplewhocanrespondtosymbolsinnately.----KennethBurkeWhatrhetoricconcerns
3、ishowtomakeaneffectivechoicebetweentwosynonymousexpressions.----MartinSteinmetz1.Fromtheaspectoftechnicalterm,rhetoricistheskillortheartofusinglanguageeffectivelyandpersuasivelyinspeechorwriting2.(andingeneralword,itisastyleofspeakingorwritingAllinall,Itisthetermappliedtotheconstructwith
4、incommunicationwhosepurposeistoprovideaspects,dimensions,and/ormanifestationsofemotional,physical,and/orphilosophicalcontentforthepurposeofincitingordiminishingaction.Rhetoricoriginatedinspeaking.Platomaintainedthatrhetoricwastheexpressionoftruthandtheartofrationaldiscourseratherthanthea
5、rtofeloquentexpression.However,Aristotle,inthe4thcenturyBC,firstdefinedrhetoricastheartofpersuasionequivalenttoargumentationaspeopleunderstandtoday,particularlyitsearlyassociationwithforensicoratory—thatis,pleadingincourt.Theaimistopresentthecaseinthebestpossiblelight,withoutdueregardfor
6、thetruth.JohnLocke,Englishphilosopherofthelate17thcentury,describedrhetoricas"thescienceoforatory”or"theartofspeakingwithpropriety,elegance,andforce"Withthedevelopmentofthemodernprintingindustryinthe19thcentury,rhetoriccametobeunderstoodastheabilitytowriteorspeakwellinornate,showylanguag
7、e.Todaytherearestillpeoplewhoequaterhetoricwiththeadoptionofstylisticdevicesortheuseoffiguresofspeechinspeechorwriting.Before1960s,inAmerica,practicallyallcoursesincompositionwerenominallycoursesin"rhetoric".Attheturnofthe20thcentury,therewasarevivalofrhetoricalstudymanif
