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Rhetorosaurus

David Ruaune, an English Language lecturer, collected and collated the original rhetorical database. The intended use of this database was to provide a comprehensive dictionary of rhetorical terms and their senses of use. However, the remit of the project became more extensive when Dot Net Elite contributed their services. The project acquired a working name, giving birth to the Rhetorosaurus endeavour. Depth programming skills made the database searchable while the application of semantic design expertise structured it with the potential for intelligent expansion. The conceptual aims of the project also expanded: It was the intention to provide a comprehensive rhetoric database where interrogations of rhetorical terms are searchable, even search engine friendly to broaden its accessibility. Rhetorosaurus is ultimately intended to act as a resource for academics interested in rhetoric and its associated terminology Ultimately, we aim to provide a genealogically classified set of cross-references for each rhetorical term. We endeavour to uncover the multi-dimensional factors associated with rhetorical terms to identify their conceptual heritage and underpinnings (psychological and innate in language devices). This ambitious project hopes by analysis of factors to determine the most effective rhetorical usages for distinct users and contexts. By these means, we hope to invoke hitherto unrealised rhetorical usages, schemes of analysis and theoretical vistas.