Rhetoric. Do you use it?

SFC Vernon McNabb — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:58:59 -0500

Is the rhetoric language becoming a lost art? I find more and more these days when speaking rhetorically that it is lost in translation on most audiences. Anybody else seeing this, or am I alone on this?

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 28 at 2015 3:08 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:08:13 -0500

I think rhetorical questions are the tops, SFC Vernon McNabb, and I use them fairly often. Rhetorical speech ... that's another animal. I had to look up the word to get the difference:

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rhe·tor·i·cal
adjective \ri-ˈtȯr-i-kəl, -ˈtär-\

: of, relating to, or concerned with the art of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people

of a question : asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an answer

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I guess we use rhetorical writing all the time here on RallyPoint, as we attempt to persuade others that our way of thinking, our answer is the right way, the right answer.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2015 8:50 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:50:32 -0500

No, I use pictograms.

No you're not alone, just not understood by everyone.