 rhetorical_device |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | |
| Related terms: | device emphasis repetition trope antithesis epanorthosis conversion antinomasia aposiopesis apophasis anacoluthia apostrophe catachresis anastrophe polysyndeton ecphonesis litotes enallage onomatopoeia epiplexis hendiadys hypallage hyperbaton hypozeugma hypozeuxis hysteron_proteron chiasmus paralepsis paregmenon climax antiphrasis prolepsis wellerism rhetoric rhetoric | |
| Similar spelling: |
rhetorical_question |
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