Rhetorical Devices In Politics

At the present time, politicians employ classical rhetoric in their speeches for the sake of persuading their audiences. According to Professor Noam Chomsky, an American philosopher, linguist and political commentator, politicians not only use rhetorical devices in their speeches, but they abuse, misuse and deform language to impose their ideological purposes. He claims that in the second half of the twentieth century and in order to conceal facts, Americans changed many terminologies several times. Terms like the national interest and the free world and so on are half-truths expressions. He argues that such expressions are constructed very carefully and intentionally, to mislead and block audience’s understanding and thought.