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
"Kabnis"
surface form: Kabnis
stream of consciousness via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Tower of ivory Mary’s purity via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Tower of ivory Mary’s strength via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Tower of ivory Mary’s beauty via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Tower of ivory Mary’s protective role via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Tower of ivory Mary as a refuge via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Epistolae obscurorum virorum parody via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Epistolae obscurorum virorum irony via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Epistolae obscurorum virorum caricature via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
The Cross of Snow metaphor via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Cross of Snow simile via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Cross of Snow imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Cross of Snow alliteration via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
The Cross of Snow symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei, hat zwei Türen, aus einer kam ich rein, aus der anderen ging ich raus stream of consciousness via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei, hat zwei Türen, aus einer kam ich rein, aus der anderen ging ich raus non-linear chronology via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei, hat zwei Türen, aus einer kam ich rein, aus der anderen ging ich raus interweaving of dreams and reality via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Hyperion (poem by John Keats) extended simile via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Hyperion (poem by John Keats) imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Hyperion (poem by John Keats) allusion to classical mythology via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Conhecimento do Inferno interior monologue via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Conhecimento do Inferno repetition via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Conhecimento do Inferno shifting temporal perspectives via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ
Manual dos Inquisidores multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Manual dos Inquisidores stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
O Esplendor de Portugal fragmented narrative via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
O Esplendor de Portugal multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Exortação aos Crocodilos multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Exortação aos Crocodilos nonlinear narrative via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Tumbling Tumbleweeds tumbleweeds as symbol of drifting life via predicate surface "usesMetaphor" ⓘ
the pen is mightier than the sword
surface form: The pen is mightier than the sword
pen represents writing and communication via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
the pen is mightier than the sword
surface form: The pen is mightier than the sword
sword represents violence and military power via predicate surface "metaphorFor" ⓘ
Hymn to Zeus prayer via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Hymn to Zeus praise via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Hymn to Zeus cosmic imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Mrs. Dalloway stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Slaughterhouse-Five nonlinear narrative via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Slaughterhouse-Five time travel via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The French Lieutenant's Woman metafiction via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The French Lieutenant's Woman multiple endings via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The French Lieutenant's Woman authorial intrusion via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
To the Lighthouse stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The Waves stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
The Waves interior monologue via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
A Room of One's Own fictionalized narrator via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
A Room of One's Own stream of consciousness via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
A Room of One's Own essayistic narrative via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
“Jacob’s Room”
surface form: Jacob's Room
fragmented narrative via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ
Break, Break, Break repetition via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ
Break, Break, Break alliteration via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ