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stylistic device

technique used to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to a literal message, including assonance, consonance and alliteration
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stylistic device
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Summary

stylistic device ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,726 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: rhetorical device[2]
  • Said to be the same as: figure of speech[3], Q115118016[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Figures of speech[5]
  • Facet of: rhetoric[6]
  • Described by source: Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[7]
  • Different from: Figur[8], Figure[9], Alakzat[10]
  • Studied by: rhetoric[11]
  • Model item: assonance[12], literary consonance[13], alliteration[14]

Why It Matters

stylistic device has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

rhetoric

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Jeb · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 63
    Said to be the same as → figure of speech, Q115118016
    Wikipedia languages → ['anp', 'ar', 'ast', 'be', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Q115118016"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 4677, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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