Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition: post, station(noun) the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand. a soldier manned the entrance post; a sentry station. military post, post(noun) military installation at which a body of troops is stationed.
Rhetorical criticism is the analysis of a broad range of items related to using language to have an impact on an audience. This is often but not always applied to writing, where the author intends to have a certain effect on readers.
The purpose of rhetorical criticism is to investigate a piece of discourse and understand it better as well as to understand its importance to us. My contention is that the use of Afrocentric rhetorical theory should help us in understanding and appreciating African American rhetoric.