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Eloquence (from French eloquence from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, elegant, persuasive, and forceful speech, persuading an audience. Eloquence is both a natural talent and improved by knowledge of language, study of a specific subject to be addressed, philosophy, rationale and ability to form a persuasive set of tenets within a presentation.
Rhetoric is the art of effective persuasive speaking, often through the use of figures of speech, metaphors, and other techniques. The Greek philosopher Aristotle listed four reasons why one should learn the art of persuasion: [12] Truth and justice are perfect; thus if a case loses, it is the fault of the speaker. It is an excellent tool for ...
In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action.
[O]riginally, the Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament passed the word 'proselyte' into modern languages with a neutral meaning. It simply meant a convert, someone who changed his or her opinion or religion. And, proselytism meant the attempt to persuade someone to make such a change.
Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.
The use of good adjectives makes for an effective slogan; when adjectives are paired with describing nouns, they help bring the meaning of the message out through the words. [12] When a slogan is used for advertising purposes its goal is to sell the product or service to as many consumers through the message and information a slogan provides ...
Nor will you make a good archeologist’s case or an astronomer’s case or an evolutionary biologist’s case. And, if you try, you will be reduced to intellectual dishonesty, debater’s tricks ...
Thomas Aquinas, in article 6 of question 25 of the first part of his Summa Theologiae, [16] had affirmed that God can always make better what he has made, but only by making more things; "the present creation being supposed, cannot be better."