stylistic device

technique used to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to a literal message, including assonance, consonance and alliteration
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stylistic device
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stylistic device

Summary

stylistic device ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,391 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • stylistic device is a type of rhetorical device[2].
  • stylistic device's said to be the same as is recorded as figure of speech[3].
  • stylistic device's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Figures of speech[4].
  • stylistic device's facet of is recorded as rhetoric[5].
  • stylistic device's described by source is recorded as Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[6].
  • stylistic device's different from is recorded as Figur[7].
  • stylistic device's different from is recorded as Figure[8].
  • stylistic device's different from is recorded as Alakzat[9].
  • stylistic device's studied by is recorded as rhetoric[10].
  • stylistic device's model item is recorded as assonance[11].
  • stylistic device's model item is recorded as literary consonance[12].
  • stylistic device's model item is recorded as alliteration[13].

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Definition and Type

stylistic device is a type of rhetorical device[2].

Why It Matters

stylistic device ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,391 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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