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Is rhetoric good, bad, or neutral?

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Especially in relation to politics, “rhetoric” is used almost exclusively as a negative term. ... According to Curzan, the historical definition of rhetoric is “the art of using language effectively in order to persuade others.”
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rhetoric is used almost exclusively as a negative term.
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