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Rhetorical Architectures

LG209
Module 3: Figures of Emphasis and Restraint
3 Lessons

Questions, understatement and rising order as tools for guiding the listener's reasoning.

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Figures of Emphasis and Restraint

1

Hypophora and the Rhetorical Question: Guiding Listener Reasoning

You will understand how lawyers use posed questions to structure argument, anticipate objections and move audiences towards predetermined conclusions.

25 min
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2

Litotes: The Force of Deliberate Understatement

You will understand how saying less than the full truth can paradoxically strengthen persuasion, and how to deploy understatement strategically in legal submissions to amplify credibility and emotional weight.

25 min
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3

Climax: Arranging Ideas in Rising Order

You will understand how to structure arguments in ascending intensity so that your most powerful point lands last, making it the one your listener remembers and acts upon.

25 min
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Critical Questions