figure de rhétorique

Definitions of figure de rhétorique
  1. noun
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    synonyms: image
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    types:
    exagération, hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  2. noun
    a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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    répétition
    the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
    onomatopée
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
    image
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    exagération, hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
    type of:
    figure de style, moyen, outil
    something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
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