Definition of rhetorical device

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Noun

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

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device

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anacoluthia anacoluthon 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 trope wellerism

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