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.

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All labels observed (30)

Label Occurrences
literaryDevice 1,764
literaryTechnique 970
narrativeTechnique 548

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
Lamia
surface form: Lamia (poem)
allusion to classical myth via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer like some watcher of the skies via predicate surface "usesSimile" ⓘ
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes via predicate surface "usesSimile" ⓘ
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer allusion via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer metaphor via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer simile via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer enjambment via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Ant and the Grasshopper contrast via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Ant and the Grasshopper personification via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Ant and the Grasshopper allegory via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Stormcrow prophet of doom via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Flute of the Holy Spirit instrument of the Holy Spirit via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Three Lives stream of consciousness elements via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Three Lives repetition via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Three Lives experimental syntax via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The Making of Americans extensive use of repetition via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The Making of Americans cataloguing of character traits via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The Making of Americans minimal conventional plot development via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy personification via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy allusion via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy paradox via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy oxymoron via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy metaphor via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy simile via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) unreliable perception via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) ambiguous reality via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ
The Fall of the House of Usher (opera) supernatural suggestion via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ
Funeral Oration of Pericles public funeral speech via predicate surface "rhetoricalType" ⓘ
Dubliners epiphany via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Hymns on Paradise symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Hymns on Paradise allegory via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Hymns on Paradise typology via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Ulysses episode "Penelope" interior monologue via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Padavali (Maithili love and devotional songs) metaphor of human love for divine love via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Down There on a Visit autobiographical narrator with fictionalized elements via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
In the Skin of a Lion nonlinear narrative via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
In the Skin of a Lion multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Coming Through Slaughter multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Coming Through Slaughter stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Coming Through Slaughter documentary fragments via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Running in the Family mix of fact and fiction via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Running in the Family use of photographs via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Running in the Family lyrical prose via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Divisadero multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Divisadero shifting timelines via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Mandra psychological realism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ