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rhetorical device::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | device |
| Has types | anastrophe, antinomasia, antiphrasis, antithesis, apophasis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, catachresis, chiasmus, climax, conversion, ecphonesis, emphasis, enallage, epanorthosis, epiplexis, exclamation, figure, figure of speech, hendiadys, hypallage, hyperbaton, hypozeugma, hypozeuxis, hysteron proteron, image, inversion, litotes, meiosis, onomatopoeia, paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis, paregmenon, polysyndeton, preterition, prolepsis, repetition, wellerism, anacoluthon, anacoluthia, trope |
Examples of rhetorical device
rhetorical device
This is more than a rhetorical device to explain politically unpopular decisions.
From the bloomberg.com
An unusual rhetorical device, hendiadys, appears in several places in the play.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We will use every rhetorical device known to Cato and Kennedy to decry your greed.
From the cnn.com
Are M and K really unfamiliar with the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device?
From the scienceblogs.com
Its a rhetorical device designed to denigrate public sector workers by some uber Blairite.
From the guardian.co.uk
You may say that a rhetorical device does not have to be literally true.
From the independent.co.uk
Obama's jobs plan was more of a rhetorical device, aimed at Republicans, than a real plan.
From the charlotteobserver.com
This was a rhetorical device in bad taste, not incivility of any kind.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It was also a common rhetorical device of the Old Testament prophets.
From the tennessean.com
