What is Epidirectic rhetoric? And two example on rhetoric?
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Epideictic rhetoric (or epideictic oratory) is ceremonial discourse: speech or writing that praises or blames (someone or something). According to Aristotle, epideictic rhetoric (or epideictic oratory) is one of the three major branches of rhetoric. (The other two branches are deliberative and judicial.)
Also known as demonstrative rhetoric and ceremonial discourse, epideictic rhetoric includes funeral orations, obituaries, graduation and retirement speeches, letters of recommendation, and nominating speeches at political conventions. Interpreted more broadly, epideictic rhetoric may also include works of literature.
In his recent study of epideictic rhetoric (Epideictic Rhetoric: Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise, 2015), Laurent Pernot notes that since the time of Aristotle, epideictic has been "a loose term": "The field of epideictic rhetoric seems vague and laden with poorly resolved ambiguities."