Assertion: cicero's aim | /r/CapableOf | identify specific semiotic strategies
Facets:
value: to accomplish specific persuasive goals
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: When the object of study happens to be some type of discourse (a speech, a poem, a joke, a newspaper article), the aim of rhetorical analysis is not simply to describe the claims and arguments advanced within the discourse, but (more important) to identify the specific semiotic strategies employed by the speaker to accomplish specific persuasive goals.