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Rhetorical device Moderate

Rhetorical device has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

2

A phrase (set phrase or created phrase) that uses reduplication, onomatopoeia, or other phonetic markers that increase memorability and “musicality” (making rhetoric pleasing or entertaining).

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
device
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
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
Rhyming Words
ice pice sice vice hice mice lice fice rice nice tice bice dice deice juice twice frice price spice brice
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