rhetorical device
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Types & categories
- device
- anacoluthia
- asyndeton
- repetition
- anastrophe
- antiphrasis
- antithesis
- antinomasia
- apophasis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- catachresis
- chiasmus
- climax
- conversion
- ecphonesis
- emphasis
- enallage
- epanorthosis
- epiplexis
- hendiadys
- hypallage
- hyperbaton
- hypozeugma
- hypozeuxis
- hysteron proteron
- litotes
- onomatopoeia
- paralepsis
- paregmenon
- polysyndeton
- prolepsis
- wellerism
- trope
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | rhetoric |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | rhetoric |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anacoluthia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | asyndeton |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repetition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anastrophe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antiphrasis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antithesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antinomasia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apophasis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aposiopesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apostrophe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catachresis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chiasmus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conversion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecphonesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emphasis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enallage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | epanorthosis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | epiplexis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hendiadys |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypallage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyperbaton |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypozeugma |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypozeuxis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hysteron proteron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | litotes |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | onomatopoeia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paralepsis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paregmenon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polysyndeton |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prolepsis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wellerism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trope |