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Definition of Rhetorical device
1. Noun. A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance).
Category relationships: Rhetoric
Generic synonyms: Device
Group relationships: Rhetoric
Specialized synonyms: Anacoluthia, Anacoluthon, Asyndeton, Repetition, Anastrophe, Inversion, Antiphrasis, Antithesis, Antinomasia, Apophasis, Aposiopesis, Apostrophe, Catachresis, Chiasmus, Climax, Conversion, Ecphonesis, Exclamation, Emphasis, Enallage, Epanorthosis, Epiplexis, Hendiadys, Hypallage, Hyperbaton, Hypozeugma, Hypozeuxis, Hysteron Proteron, Litotes, Meiosis, Onomatopoeia, Paraleipsis, Paralepsis, Paralipsis, Preterition, Paregmenon, Polysyndeton, Prolepsis, Wellerism, Figure, Figure Of Speech, Image, Trope
Generic synonyms: Device
Group relationships: Rhetoric
Specialized synonyms: Anacoluthia, Anacoluthon, Asyndeton, Repetition, Anastrophe, Inversion, Antiphrasis, Antithesis, Antinomasia, Apophasis, Aposiopesis, Apostrophe, Catachresis, Chiasmus, Climax, Conversion, Ecphonesis, Exclamation, Emphasis, Enallage, Epanorthosis, Epiplexis, Hendiadys, Hypallage, Hyperbaton, Hypozeugma, Hypozeuxis, Hysteron Proteron, Litotes, Meiosis, Onomatopoeia, Paraleipsis, Paralepsis, Paralipsis, Preterition, Paregmenon, Polysyndeton, Prolepsis, Wellerism, Figure, Figure Of Speech, Image, Trope
Definition of Rhetorical device
1. Noun. A phrase (set phrase or created phrase) that uses reduplication, onomatopoeia, or other phonetic markers that increase memorability and “musicality” (making rhetoric pleasing or entertaining). ¹
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