Soliloquy vs Rhetoric - What's the difference?
soliloquy | rhetoric |
(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
A speech or written discourse in this form.
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(very, rare) To issue a soliloquy.
The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
As nouns the difference between soliloquy and rhetoric
is that soliloquy is (drama) the act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience while rhetoric is the art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.As a verb soliloquy
is (very|rare) to issue a soliloquy.As an adjective rhetoric is
.soliloquy
English
(wikipedia soliloquy)Noun
(soliloquies)- At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.
Usage notes
Primarily used of theater, particularly the works of (William Shakespeare), as a term of art, particularly for finely-crafted speeches. An archetype is the “(To be or not to be)” soliloquy in (Hamlet). In informal speech or discussions of popular culture, the term monologue is used instead, generally in a pejorative sense, suggesting that the speaker is a self-centered boor who won’t shut up.Synonyms
* (speech or written discourse) monologueAntonyms
* (discourse of a single person) colloquy, dialogue, dialogHypernyms
* locution * orationDerived terms
* soliloquist * soliloquizeSee also
* apostrophe * stage whisperVerb
Synonyms
* soliloquize (much more common)rhetoric
English
(wikipedia rhetoric)Alternative forms
* rhetorick (obsolete)Adjective
Noun
- It’s only so much rhetoric .