* Robert Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-11-30 08:10]: > On 11/30/06, James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If y'all think > > Ah, this is what's called "innappropriately folksy". It's > a common rhetorical device used when the speaker wants to > appear that they're on the side of "the common man" or > equivalent.
What rhetorical device is it to point out the rhetorical devices used by other participants in a discussion? > The president of the United States makes frequent use of this > device. What rhetorical device is it to use inappropriate and entirely irrelevant political analogies in the hopes of derailing a discussion? Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
