Rhetorical Mechanisms and their Persuasive Role in Al-Rafi’i Trilogy

Abstract

      The topic of speech analysis and linguistic sayings or utterances still concerned the attention of researchers, and this has been expanded to study the language as a social communication system, not only as a structural linguistic, but also how closely related to the context and position accompanying the act of pronunciation. This research seeks to reveal the most used graphic mechanisms in the Al -Rafii trilogy and explain their persuasive role, by investigating and standing on them, knowing the extent of their argumentative power,  investigating their role in bringing the meanings closer and achieving the writer's intention and influencing the recipient.

       The research relied on the selection of examples of rhetorical graphic mechanisms that the writer used in his trilogy; that have been employed to serve his goal of influencing the recipient and achieve the largest amount of persuasion via following the descriptive analytical approach.

      During the research, the researcher has found that Al -Rafii aims to convey, in most of his words, dialogues, and letters, the indirect mental meaning which targets to persuade the reader what he wants, based on linguistic methods rich in similes, metaphors, and rhetorical metaphors. Further, to communicate the meanings and messages, a thousand trilogies came as a result of his experiences, long scientific life and practical experiences.

       In conclusion, the researcher mentioned the results; including that persuasive speech calls for the use of arguments, proofs, and rhetorical mechanisms, and this is what Al-Rafi’i did with a high critical and literary awareness related to the human being and his immediate and existential issues.