# ai-style/rhetorical-scaffolding

Announces, dramatizes, or reassures around a point instead of stating it.

- Default level: `warn`
- Confidence: `medium`
- Evidence source: Dependency graph
- Category: Chatbot voice

Matches grammatical relationships between words, not only their order or part of speech.

[Rule page](https://slopsift.dev/rules/rhetorical-scaffolding/)
[Source](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/blob/main/packages/rulepack-ai-style/src/rules/rhetorical-scaffolding.ts)
[Report a false positive or missed finding](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/issues/new?template=false-positive.yml&title=rule%3A%20ai-style%2Frhetorical-scaffolding)