figure de style

Definitions of figure de style
  1. noun
    something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
    synonyms: moyen, outil
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    figure de rhétorique
    a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
    répétition
    the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
    onomatopée
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
    figure de rhétorique, image
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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    style
    a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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