Meanings
nounrhetorical device (plural rhetorical devices)
plural rhetorical devices
- 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
Chinese Mandarin 修辭手法 /修辞手法, 修辭手段 /修辞手段
- 修辭手法 /修辞手法 (xiūcí shǒufǎ)type of phrase
- 修辭手段 /修辞手段 (xiūcí shǒuduàn)type of phrase
Finnish tehokeino
- tehokeinotype of phrase
German Hilfsmittel
- Hilfsmitteltype of phrase
Greek μεταφορά
- μεταφορά (metaforá)type of phrase
Hebrew אמצעי רטורי
- אמצעי רטורי (emca'í retóri)type of phrase
Hungarian stíluseszköz
- stíluseszköztype of phrase
Italian procedimento
- procedimentotype of phrase
Polish środek retoryczny
- środek retorycznytype of phrase
Portuguese dispositivo
- dispositivotype of phrase
Russian приём, фигу́ра
- приём (prijóm)type of phrase
- фигу́ра (figúra)type of phrase
- сре́дство (srédstvo)type of phrase
Swedish retorisk figur
- retorisk figurtype of phrase
Cite this entry
APA
rhetorical device. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhetorical%20device
MLA
“rhetorical device.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhetorical%20device. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rhetorical device,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhetorical%20device.
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