Glossary of Rhetoric Terms - F

F

• Fable. A short allegorical story.

• Facetiae. Latin, humor or wit
• Facilitas . The improvising of effective oral or written language to suit any situation.
• Faculty psychology. 18th century, the mind contains faculties that include understanding, imagination, passion, and will.
• False consciousness. Jurgen Habermas, a distorted view of reality, people, and the world.
• Feminist Rhetoric. Rhetorical theory concerned with feminism and its critique of social structures.
• Fictio. The attribution of rational traits to non-rational creatures.
• Field-dependent. Stephen Toulmin's term, standards for assessing arguments that are specific to a certain field.
• Field-invariant. Stephen Toulmin's term, standards for assessing arguments that are not determined by the particular field.

• Figure. Unusual arrangement of language that tries to achieve unique meaning for ideas.
• Forensic Oratory. speaking in a courtroom.