rhetorical figure

collocation in English

meaningsofrhetoricalandfigure

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rhetorical
adjective
uk
/rɪˈtɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/rɪˈtɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
Rhetorical speech or writing is intended to seem important or ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofrhetoricalandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I do not object to the use of therhetoricalfigureascribing ignorance.
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A figure of speech is sometimes called arhetoricalfigureor a locution.
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Mathematics does not need the help of rhetorical figures, since it has an objectivity that is more powerful than rhetoric.
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Just as there were collections of facts written about many different subjects, numerous collections detailing every possiblerhetoricalfigureused in literature emerged as well as how to write guides.
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The other main category of rhetorical figures consists of figures of sense: that is to say, stylistic devices which enforce the meaning of individual words or phrases.
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The second is that the author of the epistle, uses the conditional sentence in a variety of rhetorical figures which are unknown to the gospel.
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He used intensifying words, distinctive vocabulary and compounds, rhetorical figures, and repeated phrases as literary devices.
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The second is that the author of the epistle uses the conditional sentence in a variety of rhetorical figures which are unknown to the gospel.
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Lupus also dealt with figures of sense and other rhetorical figures.
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Most of the rhetorical figures are sparingly usedexcept such as consist in the parallelism or opposition of clauses.
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Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile.
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