Definition of rhetorical device Rhetorical device
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| rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | ||
| device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" | ||
| rhetoric study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | ||
| rhetoric study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | ||
| anacoluthia, anacoluthon an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another | ||
| asyndeton the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used | ||
| repetition the act of doing or performing again | ||
| anastrophe, inversion the reversal of the normal order of words | ||
| antiphrasis the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | ||
| antithesis the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | ||
| antinomasia substitution of a title for a name | ||
| apophasis mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | ||
| aposiopesis breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) | ||
| apostrophe the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word | ||
| catachresis strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | ||
| chiasmus inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | ||
| climax the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" | ||
| conversion a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life | ||
| ecphonesis, exclamation an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" | ||
| emphasis special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. | ||
| enallage a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I') | ||
| epanorthosis immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification; "Seems, madam! Nay, it is" | ||
| epiplexis a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them | ||
| hendiadys use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier | ||
| hypallage reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face') | ||
| hyperbaton reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love') | ||
| hypozeugma use of a series of subjects with a single predicate | ||
| hypozeuxis use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered') | ||
| hysteron proteron the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved | ||
| litotes, meiosis understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes" | ||
| onomatopoeia using words that imitate the sound they denote | ||
| paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis, preterition suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted | ||
| paregmenon juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility') | ||
| polysyndeton using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') | ||
| prolepsis anticipating and answering objections in advance | ||
| wellerism a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel | ||
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