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

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
Hope is the thing with feathers extended metaphor via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
I cannot live with You paradox via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
I cannot live with You irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
I cannot live with You metaphor via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
I cannot live with You enjambment via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
Wild nights—Wild nights! repetition
Wild nights—Wild nights! exclamation
Wild nights—Wild nights! metaphor
Wild nights—Wild nights! paradox
First Epistle of Peter Christ as cornerstone via predicate surface "containsMetaphor"
First Epistle of Peter believers as living stones via predicate surface "containsMetaphor"
First Epistle of Peter devil as roaring lion via predicate surface "containsMetaphor"
Biedermann und die Brandstifter chorus via predicate surface "dramaticDevice"
Biedermann und die Brandstifter Brechtian elements via predicate surface "dramaticDevice"
The Hunchback’s Tale multiple narrators via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Hunchback’s Tale story within a story via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad story within a story via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
A Journal of the Plague Year documentary style via predicate surface "literaryTechnique"
A Journal of the Plague Year pseudo-journalistic narrative via predicate surface "literaryTechnique"
A Journal of the Plague Year use of supposed official records via predicate surface "literaryTechnique"
Cavalier poetry conceit (less elaborate than metaphysical conceit) via predicate surface "employsRhetoricalDevice"
The Death of Artemio Cruz shifting perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Death of Artemio Cruz fragmented narrative via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Point Counter Point multiple viewpoints via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Point Counter Point stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Eyeless in Gaza shifting chronology via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Eyeless in Gaza multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Rayuela multiple reading orders via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Time of the Hero multiple perspectives via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Time of the Hero nonlinear narrative via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
use of messenger speeches via predicate surface "dramaticDevice"
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
agon or formal debate scenes via predicate surface "dramaticDevice"
Snowman first-person narration via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Open Boat impressionism via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Open Boat naturalistic detail via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
The Open Boat situational irony via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
The Open Boat symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky use of irony via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky detailed descriptive imagery via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης use of long monologues by Prometheus via predicate surface "dramaticDevice"
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης prophetic speeches about the future of Zeus via predicate surface "dramaticDevice"
Shield of Heracles extended simile via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
Shield of Heracles catalogue of images via predicate surface "literaryDevice"
Philoctetes (Sophocles) deus ex machina via predicate surface "dramaticDevice"
Federalist No. 5 use of British and European historical examples via predicate surface "rhetoricalStrategy"
Federalist No. 5 appeal to fear of foreign domination via predicate surface "rhetoricalStrategy"
Federalist No. 5 contrast between unity and disunion via predicate surface "rhetoricalStrategy"
Molly Bloom stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Molly Bloom's soliloquy stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"
Molly Bloom's soliloquy interior monologue via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique"