rhetoricalDevice
P834
predicate
Indicates that one entity is used as a rhetorical device in relation to another, such as a figure of speech, stylistic technique, or persuasive strategy within a discourse.
All labels observed (30)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| literaryDevice | 1,764 |
| literaryTechnique | 970 |
| narrativeTechnique | 548 |
| dramaticDevice | 196 |
| rhetoricalDevice canonical | 82 |
| usesMetaphor | 69 |
| metaphorFor | 68 |
| usesDramaticDevice | 23 |
| containsMetaphor | 22 |
| rhetoricalStrategy | 18 |
| hasRhetoricalDevice | 15 |
| usesRhetoricalDevice | 8 |
| hasRhetoricalFunction | 7 |
| rhetoricalFunction | 5 |
| rhetoricalType | 5 |
| usedRhetoricalDevice | 5 |
| rhetoricalEffect | 4 |
| rhetoricalForm | 4 |
| usedRhetoricType | 4 |
| rhetoricalTechniques | 3 |
| usesFigurativeLanguage | 3 |
| hasRhetoricalStrategy | 2 |
| isFigurative | 2 |
| rhetoricalAppeal | 2 |
| usesFigureOfSpeech | 2 |
| usesSimile | 2 |
| employsRhetoricalDevice | 1 |
| hasRhetoricalFeatures | 1 |
| methodOfPersuasion | 1 |
| stylisticUsage | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: rhetoricalDevice
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is used as a rhetorical device in relation to another, such as a figure of speech, stylistic technique, or persuasive strategy within a discourse.
Sample triples (3,837)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | unreliable narrator via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | dramatic monologue via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Volpone | disguise via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| Volpone | deception via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| Volpone | dramatic irony via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| Vaishnava Padavali poetry | metaphor of human love for divine love via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Mandeville | introspective monologue via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Mandeville | unreliable narration via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| A Modest Proposal | irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| A Modest Proposal | hyperbole via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| A Modest Proposal | parody via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| A Modest Proposal | understatement via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
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short story "Water, All Its Weight"
surface form:
Water, All Its Weight
|
surrealism via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
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short story "Water, All Its Weight"
surface form:
Water, All Its Weight
|
magical realism via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
| An Essay on Man | heroic couplet via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| An Essay on Man | didactic exposition via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Windsor-Forest | personification via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Windsor-Forest | allegory via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Windsor-Forest | extended simile via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Windsor-Forest | topographical description via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | personal satire via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | self-portraiture via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | invective via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | mock-heroic elements via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Imitations of Horace | adaptation of classical models via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Imitations of Horace | satirical commentary via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Pastorals | classical allusion via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Pastorals | personification via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Pastorals | extended simile via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Pastorals | balanced couplets via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Juvenal | hyperbole via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Juvenal | irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Juvenal | invective via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus | parody via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus | burlesque via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus | irony via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Circles | extended metaphor via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Circles | aphoristic style via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Circles | philosophical reflection via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Sartor Resartus | pseudo-biography via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
| Sartor Resartus | mock scholarship via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
| Sartor Resartus | fragmentary documents via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
| Address to a Haggis | personification of haggis via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Address to a Haggis | hyperbole via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Address to a Haggis | dialect writing via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| To a Louse | irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| To a Louse | humor via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| To a Louse | colloquial diction via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| To a Louse | vivid imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Holy Tulzie | satirical characterization via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |