rhetoric
art of persuasion, one of the three ancient arts of discourse
Heterogenesis
answering the question by changing the subject
oratory
art of speaking in public eloquently or effectively
polemic
contentious argument that is intended to establish the truth of a specific belief and the falsity of the contrary belief
parallelism
literary style of forming sentences of the same grammar structure
tautology
statement which repeats the same idea, using near-synonymous morphemes, words, or phrases
homiletics
application of rhetoric to public preaching
anacoenosis
figure of speech
slam poetry
a form of performance poetry that combines elements of performance, writing, competition, and audience participation
litotes
figure of speech
digital rhetoric
forms of communication via digital mediums
Feminist rhetoric
practice of rhetoric
dead cat strategy
introduction of a distracting topic
fighting words
speech inciting immediate retaliation or other breach of the peace