Hypernyms for "rhetorical device"
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Hypernyms
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anacoluthia
anacoluthon
anastrophe
antinomasia
antiphrasis
antithesis
apophasis
aposiopesis
apostrophe
asyndeton
catachresis
chiasmus
climax
conversion
ecphonesis
emphasis
enallage
epanorthosis
epiplexis
exclamation
figure
figure of speech
hendiadys
hypallage
hyperbaton
hypozeugma
hypozeuxis
hysteron proteron
image
inversion
litotes
meiosis
onomatopoeia
paraleipsis
paralepsis
paralipsis
paregmenon
polysyndeton
preterition
prolepsis
repetition
trope
wellerism
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.