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to·poi

 (tō′poi)
n.
Plural of topos.
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Rhetorical topoi helps to reveal lines of reasoning because "in the neo- Aristotelian tradition, the rhetorical topoi are both common places for generating lines of argument in general and special places for constructing lines of argument unique to particular subjects" (Xu, 1999, p.
"There are many different types of detox diets and flushes," says Jackie Topoi, MS, RD, CDN, clinical dietitian at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell.
El capitulo septimo trata de los <<Puntos de contacto de Lc 12,13-34 con algunos topoi retorico-literarios de la tradicion grecorromana contemporanea>>.
Sara Rubinelli's comprehensive analysis of the history, design, and uses of ancient topoi theory follows a chronological sequence of readings of four formative texts (Aristotle's Topics and Rhetoric and Cicero's De Inventione and Topica).
The tactics students enact become topoi for their own rhetorical analyses and arguments, which prove significant when competing for institutional resources.
Anche Pascaline Nicou si riallaccia ai topoi anteriori, per dimostrare in che misura gli spazi incantati e i loci amoeni siano stati rivisitati in chiave ludica nell' Innamoramento de Orlando.
With the exception of liberal sexism, none of these are neglected topoi of nineteenth-century anticlericalism.