In the past week or so, I have used a couple of rhetorical devices that actually persuaded my audience. Last week, I used the rhetorical device called Euphemism which is the replacement of a term that has a negative association by a neutral or positive term. So, last week a couple of my friends went to the gym including one of my friends from my class. The way I would describe my friend is very funny man but obese. So, while he was working out he was upset that he couldn’t lift heavy objects or move that quick so he called himself FAT. So I went up to him and said “you’re not fat, you’re big boned”, and after I said that he laughed and felt better about himself. The second device I used was a Dysphemism which is a word or phrase chosen to produce a negative effect. So, a couple days ago my friend was about to buy a used car but I didn’t like it so much. So I tried to persuade him to not buy it and I said, “Cohen, why are you going to buy that junk car, I’m sure people did weird things in there, and it’s dirty”. The next day he decided not to buy it.
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