According to Walbank, p. 66, note 5, this speech, "nonwithstanding rhetorical elements . bears the mark of a true version based on contemporary record."

The politician and orator Cicero (106-43 BC) introduced rhetorical elements in his political writings.

Other works also have rhetorical elements.

The rhetorical elements are seldom given in a normal speaking voice, but are "read" in a simple recitative.

These five rhetorical elements form the "dramatistic pentad."

The dramatistic pentad comprises the five rhetorical elements:

Certain approaches also examine how rhetorical elements compare with the traditional elements of a narrative or drama.

On film, with its emphasis somewhat shifted away from the play's rhetorical elements, "M. Butterfly" works best as a fascinatingly cold-blooded assessment of love.

The cuneiform text beneath the stele is divided into fifteen passages, blending prose, poetic and rhetorical elements in the fashion typical of Mesopotamian royal inscriptions.

Like Mr. Roberts and Mr. Osby, he has made an album that keeps all the rhetorical elements of music firmly under control.