RhetoricWordNet Explorer

the humanistic study of literature

characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration

a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

repetition of a group of words in reverse order