The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
Synonym of rhetorical.
The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.
A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.