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Rhetoric is the art and study of the use of language with persuasive effect. Along with grammar and logic or dialectic, rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse.
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What kind of rhetoric is "The computer runs as fast as a rocket."?
I don't think the fact that you're not talking about literal speed matters. In fact, you could say that the use of the term speed in the context of computers is a metaphor itself - but this dooes not …
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