n
(obsolete, rare) The incorrect use of language
adj
Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.
n
(nonstandard, uncommon) in singular use
n
(uncountable, by extension) A tendancy toward rhetorical embellishments.
adj
Tending to tell anecdotes.
adj
(rhetoric) of, or relating to antiphrasis
adj
(rhetoric) Antiphrastic.
adj
(literature, semiotics) Opposing or avoiding the use of speech or words.
n
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to an aptronym.
adj
In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative.
n
A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression
n
(linguistics) One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.
n
(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
n
(linguistics) A word, such as heroism or cowardice, that carries a value judgement
n
(rhetoric) A chronological order from first to last.
adj
Improving a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.
n
The rhetorical enargia used to describe a person.
n
Alternative form of chiasmus [(rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.]
adj
(rhetoric) With effusive use of antithesis and long sentences.
n
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
n
Alternative form of comparatism [The practice of studying things by comparing them.]
n
A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.
adj
Of or relating to dialogue.
adj
Of or relating to a dialogue.
n
The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
n
Alternative spelling of ekphrasis [(rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.]
n
(rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.
adj
Relating to elocution.
n
(rhetoric) Vivid, lively description.
adj
Serving to explain; demonstrative.
adv
In a manner suggestive of an epigram.
n
A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
n
(rhetoric) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to someone to do what he or she proposes to do, e.g. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.
n
(uncountable) A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.
adj
Appropriately or suitably named.
n
(lexicography) The process by which euphemisms fall into disuse and are replaced by new ones, as the old ones become socially unacceptable over time.
adj
Writing in a language other than one's native language.
n
(linguistics) a reference to something extralinguistic
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
adj
With many figures of speech.
n
(rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
n
(linguistics) the creation of a non-standard form by mimicking the standard dialect.
n
(uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.
n
(linguistics) A relationship between a name and a known quantity, as a cultural personification (i.e. objectification with personality) of an entity or quality.
n
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
adj
Marked by interpretation.
n
Alternative form of laconism [(uncountable, rhetoric) Extreme brevity in expression.]
n
(literary) A text which deliberately excludes a certain word, usually a very common word. It is a technique occasionally used in novels.
adj
(specifically, and most commonly) Using a method of interpretation regarded as woodenly, inflexibly, or simplistically literal in its perceived neglect of such considerations as context, genre, and intent of the author or artist; overliteral.
n
The condition of being literal
n
(perhaps nonstandard) An instance of litotes.
n
(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument.
n
(rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
n
Someone able to perform feats of memory, especially by utilizing mnemonic techniques.
n
(semiotics) A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre.
n
(rhetoric) rhetorical mode
adj
Of or relating to a monologue.
adj
Of or relating to a motif or motifs.
adj
Relating to narration.
adv
In a narrative manner: in the form of a story
adj
Relating to a narrative.
adv
(rare) In an onymous manner; having a name.
adj
Relating to, or in the form of, a parable.
n
Alternative form of paromoeon [(rhetoric) alliteration]
n
(rhetoric) Speech that moves hearers emotionally, especially as the speaker attempts to elicit an emotional response by way of demonstrating his or her own feelings.
n
(rhetoric) The use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language.
adj
Expressed in more words than are necessary.
adj
Synonym of prevaricatory
n
(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this.
adj
Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.
n
A non-word that is mistaken for a homophone, such as werk for work
n
Human sounds resembling speech that are not language.
v
To speak in a pseudological way; to lie.
n
The evocation of imagery in a text narrative.
n
The form of rhetorical argument or reasoning that characterizes a rhetorolect.
adj
Synonym of rhetorical.
adj
Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
n
A phrase (set phrase or created phrase) that uses reduplication, onomatopoeia, or other phonetic markers that increase memorability and “musicality” (making rhetoric pleasing or entertaining).
n
(rhetoric) One of the several ways of writing that include variety, conventions, and purposes of writing, such as exposition, argumentation, description, and narration.
n
(obsolete) rhetorical amplification
n
A type of discourse that has a characteristic configuration of topics, themes, and arguments.
n
The process of analyzing a discourse for deep rhetoric.
adj
Having a partially narrative style.
n
Archaic spelling of solecism. [An erroneous or improper usage.]
n
A metaphor that is particularly widespread or dominant.
n
A tendency to refer to the same thing successively by a number of synonyms to avoid repetition.
adj
Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
n
The expression of a concept in words; the wording used in such an expression
n
Proficiency or fluency in the use of words.
n
The use of one's vocabulary; selection of words.
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