Rhetorical Devices Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus. The following article is fromThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia(1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. expressive stylistic locutions that are historically evolved means of organizing a sentence and that utilize chiefly the emotional and imp...
as well as the rhetorical device s煤gkrisi (lat. comparatio) specific to royal speech (basilikos logos, laudatio, panegyricus, gratiarum actio) mentioned by Menander 鈥 the blood related or unrelated imperial colleges are often compared to the similar examples from ...
under his father Andronikos. Andronikos Palaiologos and his career become the centre of the analysis as I explore his interactions with the notables of Thessaloniki on whom, after his father’s death, Michael relied in order to forge a solid support base for the Palaiologoi in the city. Th...
This is an example of alliteration used in a rhetorical speech. As one of many rhetorical tools, alliteration seeks to persuade through the use of memorable, impacting and repetitious sounds. Similarly, assonance is another rhetorical device that uses repetitive vowel sounds, rather than consonants....
What is the rhetorical device that the author used in the sentence: “America supplies the brains and China the brawn.” Alliteration 压头韵 brain and brawn How did the author perceive Mr. Trump’s approach to prevent US from being overtaken by China? Mr. Trump’s blocking strategy was ...
This rhetorical device can add emphasis or a little bit of spice to your writing. Compare, “The gunshot made a loud sound,” to “The gun wentbang.” Which is more evocative? Parallelism Parallelism is the practice of using similar grammar structure, sounds, meter, and so on to emphasize...
It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline, set on fire, and burned to death because their marriage dowries are deemed too small. […] Clinton is usingenumeratio, a rhetorical device, to strengthen the bond with her listeners and stir their emotions. By stirring ...
Protagoras (c. 485-410 BC) asserted that “to every logos (speech or argument) another logos is opposed,” a theme continued in the Dissoi Logoi of his time, later codified as the notion of arguments in utrumque partes (on both sides). Aristotle asserted that thinking in opposites is ...
Protagoras (c. 485-410 BC) asserted that “to every logos (speech or argument) another logos is opposed,” a theme continued in the Dissoi Logoi of his time, later codified as the notion of arguments in utrumque partes (on both sides). Aristotle asserted that thinking in opposites is ...
(Rhetoric) a rhetorical device by which two nouns joined by a conjunction, usuallyand,are used instead of a noun and a modifier, as into run with fear and hasteinstead ofto run with fearful haste [C16: from Medieval Latin, changed from Greek phrasehen dia duoin,literally: one through two...