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 |
|---|---|
| Out, Out— | enjambment via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Out, Out— | imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Bon Voyage, Mr. President | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Bon Voyage, Mr. President | irony via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Bon Voyage, Mr. President | psychological realism via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| The Ghosts of August | blending of supernatural and ordinary events via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| The Ghosts of August | unreliable perception of reality via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness | psychological characterization via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Light Is Like Water | magical realist imagery via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Light Is Like Water | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Light Is Like Water | irony via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| La hojarasca | multiple narrators via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
| Birches | metaphor via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Birches | simile via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Birches | personification via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Birches | imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Birches | symbolism via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Le Vieux Cordelier | satire via predicate surface "usedRhetoricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Le Vieux Cordelier | classical allusions via predicate surface "usedRhetoricalDevice" ⓘ |
| The American Dream | exaggeration to expose social hypocrisy via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| The American Dream | symbolic characters via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| The American Dream | metatheatrical elements via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
|
In my end is my beginning.
surface form:
In my end is my beginning
|
paradox via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
|
In my end is my beginning.
surface form:
In my end is my beginning
|
chiasmus via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" | allusion via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" | paradox via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" | anaphora via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" | imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Laudatio Florentinae urbis | classical rhetorical topoi via predicate surface "usesRhetoricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Laudatio Florentinae urbis | historical exempla via predicate surface "usesRhetoricalDevice" ⓘ |
| Moralités légendaires | parody via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Moralités légendaires | reinterpretation of myths via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Moralités légendaires | intertextuality via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
|
Autumn
surface form:
Autumn (poem)
|
imagery via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
|
Autumn
surface form:
Autumn (poem)
|
compression via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
|
Autumn
surface form:
Autumn (poem)
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economy of language via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Above the Dock | imagery via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Above the Dock | compression via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| Above the Dock | free verse via predicate surface "literaryTechnique" ⓘ |
| The Unnamable | stream of consciousness via predicate surface "narrativeTechnique" ⓘ |
|
the Rood
surface form:
The Rood
|
prosopopoeia via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
|
the Rood
surface form:
The Rood
|
personification via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Fates of the Apostles | alliteration via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Fates of the Apostles | formulaic diction via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| The Fates of the Apostles | epithet via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Krapp's Last Tape | tape recorder via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| Krapp's Last Tape | recorded voice via predicate surface "dramaticDevice" ⓘ |
| Psalm 45 | hyperbolic royal praise via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |
| Psalm 45 | bridal imagery via predicate surface "literaryDevice" ⓘ |