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 Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy | alliteration via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy | hyperbole via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy | satire via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech | contrast between free world and communist world ⓘ |
| John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech | repetition of key phrases ⓘ |
| "bodies upon the gears" speech | mechanical metaphor for institutional power ⓘ |
|
L’Empire, c’est la paix (associated with Napoleon III)
surface form:
L’Empire, c’est la paix
|
simplification of complex foreign policy claims via predicate surface "rhetoricalFunction" ⓘ |
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L’Empire, c’est la paix (associated with Napoleon III)
surface form:
L’Empire, c’est la paix
|
creation of a reassuring image of empire via predicate surface "rhetoricalFunction" ⓘ |
| Take back control | imperative phrase via predicate surface "hasRhetoricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Take back control | framing of loss and restoration of control via predicate surface "hasRhetoricalDevice" ⓘ |
| La voix humaine | offstage male voice implied by telephone via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| La Princesse de Babylone | irony via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| La Princesse de Babylone | satire of monarchy via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| La Princesse de Babylone | satire of organized religion via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Canticle of the Sun | personification of elements via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Zadig | allegory via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Zadig | irony via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Zadig | parable-like episodes via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Gift from the Sea | seashells via predicate surface "usesMetaphor" ⓘ |
| Gift from the Sea | seashore via predicate surface "usesMetaphor" ⓘ |
| The Raven | alliteration via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Raven | internal rhyme via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Raven | assonance via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Raven | repetition via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Raven | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Raven | personification via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | unreliable narrator via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | foreshadowing via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | repetition via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
|
Book II
surface form:
Book II (A History of New York)
|
parody of historical scholarship via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
|
Book II
surface form:
Book II (A History of New York)
|
exaggeration via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
|
Book II
surface form:
Book II (A History of New York)
|
irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | sensory imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | unreliable narration via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | stream of consciousness elements via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Black Cat | irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Black Cat | foreshadowing via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Black Cat | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| In Cold Blood | novelistic reconstruction of real events via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
| Shakespearean tragedies | tragic irony via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| Shakespearean tragedies | foreshadowing via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| Shakespearean tragedies | ghosts and visions via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| The Cask of Amontillado | unreliable narrator via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Cask of Amontillado | dramatic irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Cask of Amontillado | foreshadowing via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Cask of Amontillado | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| 4 Maccabees | philosophical argumentation using historical exempla via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |