Rhetorical device

Synonyms for "rhetorical device" (50 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(9 words)
a deviceantithesesapostrophesconceitsdiscourse deviceeloquentepochal shiftfigurative devicefigurative usage
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (15)

Noun(14 words)
figure in chartfigure of speechflatterygambitshavocinstrumentalkowtowinglanguage tacticlinguistic deviceliterary deviceliterary techniquemasterstrokemetaphorsmore is better
Adjective(1 words)
modern device

Related words (25)

Noun(21 words)
mystificationnow or neverparadoxparegmenonpersuasivepersuasive mechanismrhetorical appealripsawschticksslaughterhousessophistriesspeech strategyspeech techniquespoonerismstylistic featureswearwordstextual devicetropetropeswitticisms
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Adjective(4 words)
organizational founding mythpolitical mythpopular culture referencesportuguese recurso

Related word relations

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communication techniquedevicelinguistic attributelinguistic devicerhetorical property

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Collocations

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rhetorical device analysisrhetorical device effectrhetorical device functionrhetorical device in advertisingrhetorical device in politicsrhetorical device usagerhetorical devices categoryrhetorical-device analysisrhetorical-device frameworkrhetorical-device usage

Inflections

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more rhetoricalmost rhetoricalrhetorical devices

Derivations

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