rhetor
Trained public speaker
A rhetor is a teacher of rhetoric or a professional orator, especially in ancient Greece and Rome.
The term now appears mainly in academic discussions of classical education and persuasive speech.
In modern usage, rhetor sometimes describes anyone who employs rhetorical techniques: The senator proved himself a skilled rhetor.
One who instructs others
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- professorSenior university teacher
instructor · scholar · academic · progymnasmata · curriculum · syllabus · seminar · didactic
Skilled public speaker
- public speakerOne who addresses gatherings
- speechmakerOne who orates publicly
- declaimerOne who speaks formally
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
lecturer · presenter · spokesperson · announcer · narrator · reciter · expounder · commentator
Cause to believe
- convinceCause to believe
- influencePower to affect others
- swayRock back and forth
- ethosCollective moral character
pathos · logos · appeal · argument · advocacy · propaganda · manipulate · lobby
Greek founder of formal logic
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- DemosthenesClassical Athenian statesman-orator
- sophistDeceptive rhetorical trickster
- AthenianAncient Greek city-dweller
Roman · Greek · agora · forum · Senate · deliberative · judicial · oration
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
- dictionChoice of words
silver-tongued · grandiloquence · verbosity · locution · poise · finesse · cogency · vividness
Logical argument through opposition
- debateFormal argument on issues
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
rebuttal · refutation · contention · proposition · thesis · antithesis · controversy · polemic
teacher
One who instructs others
professor · instructor · scholar · academic · progymnasmata · curriculum · syllabus · seminar · didactic · discipline
orator
Skilled public speaker
- public speakerOne who addresses gatherings
- speechmakerOne who orates publicly
- declaimerOne who speaks formally
preacher · lecturer · presenter · spokesperson · announcer · narrator · reciter · expounder · commentator · advocate
persuade
Cause to believe
ethos · pathos · logos · appeal · argument · advocacy · propaganda · manipulate · lobby · campaign
Aristotle
Greek founder of formal logic
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- DemosthenesClassical Athenian statesman-orator
- sophistDeceptive rhetorical trickster
Athenian · Roman · Greek · agora · forum · Senate · deliberative · judicial · oration · declamation
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
diction · silver-tongued · grandiloquence · verbosity · locution · poise · finesse · cogency · vividness · resonance
dialectic
Logical argument through opposition
- debateFormal argument on issues
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
argument · rebuttal · refutation · contention · proposition · thesis · antithesis · controversy · polemic · deliberation
- rhetorical questionInquiry posed for effect
- rhetorical argumentPersuasion through structured discourse
- inflammatory rhetoric
- rhetorical deviceCalculated language technique for effect
- political rhetoricPersuasive governmental discourse
- rhetorical flourishDecorative language technique