rhetorical device
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1. a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | device, |
definition | : | something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | anacoluthia, anacoluthon, |
definition | : | an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | asyndeton, |
definition | : | the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | repetition, |
definition | : | the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | anastrophe, inversion, |
definition | : | the reversal of the normal order of words (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | antiphrasis, |
definition | : | the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | antithesis, |
definition | : | the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | antinomasia, |
definition | : | substitution of a title for a name (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | apophasis, |
definition | : | mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | aposiopesis, |
definition | : | breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | apostrophe, |
definition | : | address to an absent or imaginary person (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | catachresis, |
definition | : | strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | chiasmus, |
definition | : | inversion in the second of two parallel phrases (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | climax, |
definition | : | arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | conversion, |
definition | : | interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | emphasis, |
definition | : | special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | enallage, |
definition | : | a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | epanorthosis, |
definition | : | immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | epiplexis, |
definition | : | a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | hendiadys, |
definition | : | use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | hypallage, |
definition | : | reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | hyperbaton, |
definition | : | reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | hypozeugma, |
definition | : | use of a series of subjects with a single predicate (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | hypozeuxis, |
definition | : | use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | hysteron proteron, |
definition | : | reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | litotes, meiosis, |
definition | : | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | onomatopoeia, |
definition | : | using words that imitate the sound they denote (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | paregmenon, |
definition | : | juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | polysyndeton, |
definition | : | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | prolepsis, |
definition | : | anticipating and answering objections in advance (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | wellerism, |
definition | : | a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel (noun.communication) |
part meronym | : | rhetoric, |
definition | : | using language effectively to please or persuade (noun.communication) |
domain category | : | rhetoric, |
definition | : | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) (noun.cognition) |
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