figure of speech (Q10690215)
intentional deviation from ordinary (literal) language, chosen to produce a rhetorical effect or for other purposes, such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification or simile
- rhetorical figure
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| English | figure of speech |
intentional deviation from ordinary (literal) language, chosen to produce a rhetorical effect or for other purposes, such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification or simile |
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Language And Literature--Philology. Linguistics--Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar--Style. Composition. Rhetoric. Usage--Special aspects, A-Z--Figures of speech (General)
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- arwiki صورة بلاغية
- enwiki Figure of speech
- fawiki شکل بیان
- hrwiki Stilska sredstva
- iawiki Figura rhetoric
- iowiki Retorikala figuro
- itwiki Figura retorica
- lfnwiki Figur retorical
- ltwiki Retorinė figūra
- omwiki Malleen Dubbii
- plwiki Figura retoryczna
- snwiki Din'a
- ukwiki Риторичні фігури
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- itwikiquote Figura retorica