expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal levelthe juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideasa writing or speaking technique that helps to make arguments more persuasivethe art of speaking and writing persuasivelya figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike thingsa figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or asa device that writers use to make their arguments appeal to readersa statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level
the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
a writing or speaking technique that helps to make arguments more persuasive
the art of speaking and writing persuasively
a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things
a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as
a device that writers use to make their arguments appeal to readers
a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
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antithesis
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figurative language
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metaphor
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rhetoric
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rhetorical appeal
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rhetorical device
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rhetorical question
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simile
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