Just asking questions doesn't make you Socrates. - Hoca Camide Persuasion is a science and an art. The science asks us to use sound arguments and good evidence to make a point. The art offers us wide ...

No one seems to remember rhetoric, an important facet of human interaction, like they should. Rhetoric is about effectively communicating. That may sound basic, because isn’t the goal of all language ...

Mr. Gradgrind is the alter ego of Paul Brians, professor of English at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, who sets out to provide specific, concrete answers to life's rhetorical ...

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So I have no clue how, the other night at supper, my two kidlets, my visiting father and I got to talking about rhetorical questions (how should I know?), but there it was: By 5:30, we had our soup ...

I hope this will be my last post on the pandemic. Not because it is “over,” but because the advice I have to offer is unlikely to be updated beyond this reflection. This weekend I got my second ...

Simply sign up to the Work & Careers myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Everyone knows about rhetorical questions, don’t they? Don’t answer that. This figure of speech – a question that ...

A question that is asked to make a point rather than to get an answer. If you’ve ever been home late, you might have been met with this rhetorical question: "What time do you call this?” The person ...