rhetorical device

English

Noun

rhetorical device (plural rhetorical devices)

1. 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).

Translations

type of phrase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修辭手法／修辞手法 (xiūcí shǒufǎ), 修辭手段／修辞手段 (xiūcí shǒuduàn)

• Finnish: tehokeino
• Galician: figura retórica f
• German: Hilfsmittel (de) n
• Greek: μεταφορά (el) f (metaforá)
• Hebrew: אמצעי רטורי (he) m (emca'í retóri)
• Hungarian: stíluseszköz (hu)
• Italian: procedimento (it) m
• Macedonian: фигу́ра f (figúra), сре́дство n (srédstvo)
• Mongolian: хэрэглүүр (mn) (xereglüür)
• Portuguese: dispositivo (pt) m
• Russian: приём (ru) m (prijóm), фигу́ра (ru) f (figúra), сре́дство (ru) n (srédstvo)
• Swedish: retorisk figur (sv) c