[ˈrɛtərɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
(e.g: he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rethorique, via Latin from Greek rhētorikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of rhetoric’, from rhētōr ‘rhetor’