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figure of speech
(redirected from Rhetorical figure)

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A "figure" refers not only to an ornament of language but also to the appearance of a person, and in Puttenham's account rhetorical figures become flesh-and-blood characters who stand for particular social types: Prozeugma the Ringleader, Meiosis the Disabler, Insultatio the Disdainful.
The Art of English Poesy: A Critical Edition by Craik, Katharine A. / Renaissance Quarterly
Indeed, thinking that pure line can be allegorical radically expands the field of application for this rhetorical figure, restoring metaphorical dignity to abstraction--an element it previously possessed, but which recently seems to have been forgotten.
Alberto Garutti; Galleria Massimo Minini by Meneguzzo, Marco / Artforum International
Oxymoron means a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in deafening silence.
Words every word lover should know--and more by Wood, Alden / Communication World
 
 
 
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