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crisis rhetoric  

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  • Rhetoric is the use of persuasive language or other symbols, while crisis is a type of rhetorical terminology that conveys a sense of urgency and suggests that a threatening event, different from routine events, has occurred. Generative and Strategic Crisis Rhetoric Crises may be rhetorical in two senses: generative and strategic. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Crisis Rhetoric]

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