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*''Parlance'': a particular way of speaking or using words, esp. a way common to those with a particular job or interest.
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*'''Parlance''': a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.
*'''Paradeigma''': use of example or evidence to prove a point (see [["On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric" by Andrea A. Lunsford and Lisa S. Ede]])
*'''Paradeigma''': use of example or evidence to prove a point (see [["On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric" by Andrea A. Lunsford and Lisa S. Ede]])
*'''Pathos''': the appeal to emotion.  When people accept a claim based on how it makes them feels=, they are acting on pathos.  A majority of advertisements and arguments in the popular press rely heavily on pathetic appeals.  Although the pathetic appeal can be manipulative, it is the cornerstone of moving people to action. (Persuasive appeals: [["On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric" by Andrea A. Lunsford and Lisa S. Ede]]
*'''Pathos''': the appeal to emotion.  When people accept a claim based on how it makes them feels=, they are acting on pathos.  A majority of advertisements and arguments in the popular press rely heavily on pathetic appeals.  Although the pathetic appeal can be manipulative, it is the cornerstone of moving people to action. (Persuasive appeals: [["On Distinctions between Classical and Modern Rhetoric" by Andrea A. Lunsford and Lisa S. Ede]]

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