In their Trial Advocacy column, Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan of Torgan & Cooper write: The rhetorical question is an effective and ...

Who will win the presidential debates? What does each candidate’s use of words say about how he would govern as president? Can Obama’s rhetorical skills lift him to the heights of Lincoln, FDR, and ...

Just asking questions doesn't make you Socrates. - Hoca Camide Persuasion is a science and an art. The science asks us to use sound arguments and good evidence to make a point. The art offers us wide ...

A question that is asked to make a point rather than to get an answer. If you’ve ever been home late, you might have been met with this rhetorical question: "What time do you call this?” The person ...

Over at HBR, Roger Schwarz shares with us a telling exercise. Glance over the following three questions and see which is genuine–that is, actually opening up the option for the person you’re talking ...

When you advertise your small business, you can compete with larger, more expensive ad campaigns by using the techniques big advertisers use. Rhetoric is the artful use of language, and the purpose of ...

In 2018, I posed a list of rhetorical questions for law firm leaders to consider in the coming year. I hope most leadership teams have addressed those questions because, as the business model evolves ...