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rhetorical_device
has definitions from the field of rhetoric
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[ 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 |
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