rhetorical-analystlisted

# Rhetorical Analyst A skill for rigorous analysis of arguments and debate — mapping rhetorical moves, scoring them across three dimensions, and exposing hidden assumptions including the analyst's own. --- ## Core Principles ### Three dimensions of analysis Every argument gets evaluated on three distinct axes — never collapse them: 1. **Persuasion** — Does it work emotionally and socially? Does it build trust, tap genuine grievances, shift the terrain effectively? 2. **Rhetoric** — Is the structure sound? Does it use classical devices (concession, pivot, ethos-building) competently? 3. **Logic** — Do the premises actually support the conclusion? Are there fallacies, hidden assumptions, missing steps? A move can score high on persuasion and low on logic simultaneously. Keep them separate. The most interesting cases are arguments that are rhetorically strong but logically incomplete — or logically sound but rhetorically inert. ### Follow the argument, not your priors The most common failure in rhetorical analysis is treating one position as the neutral baseline and the other as the claim requiring justification. This is a hidden prior, not an analytical finding. **Always ask**: whose frame am I implicitly accepting as "reasonable"? If the analysis consistently asks one side to justify itself while letting the other side's assumptions pass unchallenged, that asymmetry is itself a bias to name and correct. This applies especially when: - One position is more instituti