Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Rhetoric"

A: oooh scholarly word!!! rhetoric is a fancy way of saying someone talks well. like, someone with rhetoric would be really good at convincing people of things because they're "smooth talkers." rhetoric usually has a positive connotation too vs a word like "grifter" which means the same thing but it's usually an insult instead of a complement

A: Rhetoric, especially when it's used by politicians and other public speakers, is speech or writing that is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere.

Rhetoric in general is the skill of using language in speech or writing in a special way that influences or entertains people.

A: Rhetoric speech: used to persuade an audience.

A: other than repeated/repitition things/stuff.

A: The politician’s rhetoric was unconvincing.

A: You could ask someone a rhetorical question?

A: I don't like his rhetoric.
The lawyer was skilled in rhetoric.

A: Rhetoric is how someone effectively uses language to write or speak. Rhetoric also means the art of persuasion in written or spoken language.

Exaggeration might be a technique someone uses in their rhetoric.

For example:
In the author’s rhetoric, he uses exaggeration to convince the reader to agree with him.

A speech, article, essay, or book might be examples of rhetoric.

If I say “this will take forever to get done,” that is an exaggeration because it won’t really take forever, I just mean that it will take a long time.

A: Rhetoric:
1) effective/persuasive speaking
2) language that is designed to be persuasive/impressive but is often perceived as lacking in sincerity
E.g. “All the Prime Minister has to offer is empty rhetoric.”

Metaphor:
- A descriptive linguistic feature in which something is described using words that don’t literally apply to it
E.g. “The curtain of night fell upon us.”
(Night isn’t really a curtain, so this is a metaphor)

A: I'm concerned about the poltician's hateful rhetoric
The media is spreading their narrative

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A: Rhetoric is basically the skill/art of using language effectively. If you refer to speech or writing as rhetoric, it is meant to convince /impress people (to persuade) , but it may not always be sincere / honest.

A: A bit formal, but still natural.

I'd say "Do you always have to be late?" or "Why do you always have to be late?"

A: I think rhetorical questions in English are about context, not grammar.

A: Rhetoric is fancy language that is used for persuasion (to try and make the listener agree with the speaker), but it often carries the nuance of fancy words with no real meaning. Thus, politicians are often said to use rhetoric.