Rhetoric is ________
A) ?the ability to talk in a way that obscures the real issue.
B) ?a formerly important element of a liberal arts education that is unimportant today.
C) ?the study of persuasion in its various forms
D) ?an approach to communication that devalues critical thinking.
E) ?the ability to discern the speaker's intentions and biases.
C
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