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