Glossary of Rhetoric Terms - V

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• Validity. Apprehension over the structure of an argument.

• Validity Claim. Claiming to have made a correct statement.

• Verba . Latin: The part of an argument that advances the subject matter.

• Visual rhetoric. A theoretical framework describing how visual images communicate, as opposed to aural or verbal messages.

• Vir bonus bene dicendi. Latin: The good man speaking well.

• Vita activa. A life lived in active involvement in the political arena.