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

威廉·斯特伦克，这位修辞学的墨索里尼，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.

特朗普坚称周四新闻发布会上的言论使用了讽刺的修辞手法。

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

有说服力的论点可以追溯到修辞学的基础。

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

下面看一个修辞目的题的例题。

To see the persuasive possibilities in any writing context, account for your rhetorical situation.

要想在任何写作环境中看到说服人的可能性，就要考虑到你的修辞情况。

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

对外侵略的政治修辞总有相当犀利的国内政策来支持。

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

该剧摆脱了19世的戏剧修辞和种族主义刻板印象。

The rhetoric surrounding the talks is growing harsher.

有关判的修辞变得越来越尖锐。

I find your presence engaging and your conversation sparkling.

我觉得您的仪态和修辞如此的炫目悦耳。

His favourite animal is the rhinoceros, and rhetorically he charges ahead in much the same way.

他最喜欢犀牛，从修辞的角度看，他向前冲的方式也与犀牛非常相似。

“It is an old observation, ” he writes, “that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric.”

“很久以前人们就认识到，有时候最好的作家会对修辞的规则置之不理。

It's a set of reminders to help us think about each element of a rhetorical situation.

这一套提醒语，帮助我们思考修辞情境的每个要素。

If he had not had that soaring and poetic rhetorical power, the whole country could well have burned down.

如果他没有那种气势磅礴、充满诗意的修辞力量，整个国家很可能会被烧毁。

Finally, the text itself is going to be impacted by rhetoric, of course.

最后，文字本身当然也会受到修辞的影响。

And everything is amplified on social media where there's a remarkable lack of nuance and an oversupply of attention-grabbing rhetoric.

社交媒体放大了所有事情，急缺意义的辨别，充斥着引人注目的修辞。

This is where the idea of rhetoric comes in.

下面修辞的概念。

Epideictic, or demonstrative, rhetoric makes a proclamation about the present situation, as in wedding speeches.

Epideictic 或 demonstative 的修辞对当前情况的宣告，就像在婚礼上的演讲一样。

But the way to accomplish change is through deliberative rhetoric, or symbouleutikon.

但实现变革的方式通过深思熟虑的修辞，或 symbouleutikon。

Author Ward Farnsworth offers eighteen chapters’ worth of rhetorical devices.

作者 Ward Farnsworth 提供了十八章的修辞手法。

He's got a kind of rhetorical point he's going to make.

他有一个要表达的修辞观点。