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963:(c. 50 BC)
949:De Oratore
813:Quintilian
808:Protagoras
663:Metaphoric
587:Propaganda
470:Epideictic
384:Sotto voce
338:Persuasion
333:Operations
275:Dispositio
171:Chironomia
1267:Seduction
1098:Cognitive
1086:Subfields
1013:(100–400)
768:Isocrates
708:Augustine
698:Aristotle
673:Narrative
623:Criticism
568:Philippic
482:Panegyric
465:Elocution
446:Dialectic
366:Situation
227:Facilitas
221:Enthymeme
200:Eloquence
182:Delectare
1410:Hansard
1398:Election
1138:Pedagogy
1118:Feminist
889:Rhetoric
879:Phaedrus
873:(380 BC)
823:Richards
793:Perelman
641:Pentadic
636:Dramatic
580:Suasoria
558:Diatribe
499:Forensic
476:Encomium
441:Demagogy
310:Imitatio
282:Elocutio
268:Inventio
238:Informal
157:Concepts
84:Sophists
79:Calliope
69:Atticism
64:Asianism
32:Rhetoric
24:a series
22:Part of
1183:Related
1158:Therapy
1148:Science
1113:Digital
993:(c. 50)
983:(46 BC)
973:(46 BC)
953:(55 BC)
943:(80 BC)
933:(84 BC)
869:Gorgias
838:Toulmin
833:Tacitus
783:McLuhan
758:Gorgias
753:Erasmus
748:Derrida
713:Bakhtin
703:Aspasia
668:Mimesis
631:Cluster
563:Eristic
553:Polemic
548:Oratory
526:Lecture
289:Memoria
233:Fallacy
176:Decorum
123:Trivium
51:History
1384:use.
1242:Pistis
1237:Orator
1163:Visual
1073:(1970)
1063:(1966)
1053:(1521)
1043:(1305)
979:Orator
919:Topics
848:Weaver
778:Lysias
773:Lucian
763:Hobbes
738:de Man
733:Cicero
531:Public
514:Sermon
489:Eulogy
417:Debate
405:Genres
351:Pathos
317:Kairos
304:Hypsos
250:Scheme
215:Eunoia
195:Device
189:Docere
1713:is a
1540:(PDF)
1525:(PDF)
1407:Party
1033:(426)
1023:(102)
861:Works
828:Smith
818:Ramus
803:Plato
798:Pizan
728:Burke
718:Booth
653:Genre
648:Frame
391:Topos
376:Grand
371:Style
358:Logos
344:Ethos
328:Modes
255:Trope
1715:stub
1495:SDLP
1482:2019
1460:2017
1438:2015
1416:2010
1404:Name
1401:Date
1207:Doxa
1003:(95)
843:Vico
592:Spin
1473:Con
1451:SNP
1429:Con
1345:or
1282:TED
1128:New
788:Ong
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