Even William Strunk, that Mussolini of rhetoric, recognized the delicious pliability of language.

即便是威廉·斯特伦克，这位辞学的墨索里尼，也认识到了语言美妙的灵活多变。

The president has insisted the remarks made at a news conference on Thursday were sarcastic.

特称周四新闻发布会上的言论使用了讽刺的辞手法。

So narrative techniques, rhetorical devices, narrative devices, stylistic devices, poetic devices, and literary terms.

辞手法，叙述手法，文体手法，诗歌手法，文学术语。

Anna expanded her studies to classical literature, rhetoric, history, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine.

安娜在古典文学中扩展了她的知识，辞，历史，哲学，数学，天文学医学。

And the last one is called the rhetorical model, the model of arguments as performances.

最后一种叫作辞模型，辩论看作表演。

Crafting a persuasive argument goes back to the foundations of rhetoric.

有说服力的论点可以追溯到辞学的基础。

Rhetorical purpose questions are similar, because they also ask for information not explicitly stated.

辞目的题与之类似，因为这类题目也是关于文中未明确陈述的信息。

Now let's look at an example of a rhetorical purpose question.

下面看一个辞目的题的例题。

So " gentlemen" has its own symbolism and its own rhetoric.

所以“先生们”这个词 有其独特的象辞意义。

Fear requires belief that you will be harmed, and it is easily manipulated by rhetoric.

恐惧需要相信你会受到伤害，它很容易被辞所操纵。

The political rhetoric of foreign aggression is backed up by very brisk policing at home.

对外侵略的政治辞总有相当犀利的国内政策来支持。

The feeling is so familiar, it's become a figure of speech.

这种感觉太熟悉了，都变成了一种辞手法。

In the book Rhetorical Grammar, author Martha Kolln describes seven common sentence patterns.

在《辞语法》一书中，作者玛莎·科尔恩描述了七种常见的句型。

It's a figure of speech, Daddy. It means I-I work late.

这只是辞说法而已 爸 意思是说我工作到很晚。

Rhetorically, at least, reconciliation and forgiveness were the order of the day.

至少在辞上，解与宽恕是当时的主旋律。

The play shakes off 19th century theatrical tropes and racist stereotypes.

该剧摆脱了19世纪的戏剧辞种族主义刻板印象。

The rhetoric surrounding the talks is growing harsher.

有关谈判的辞变得越来越尖锐。

I find your presence engaging and your conversation sparkling.

我觉得您的仪态辞是如此的炫目悦耳。

That's not as interesting as asking a rhetorical question.

这远不如提出一个辞性问题来得有趣。

So rhetoric—or the art of persuasive speaking—was very important to the Greeks and to the Romans.

所以辞对希腊人罗马人来说非常重要。