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Rhetorical Devices
Christopher Eisenhart
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Abstract
Abstract The term rhetorical devices refers to an emergent grammar of units of discourse between parts of speech and genres, developed by scholars and practitioners interested in the relationship between discourse forms and their effects on audiences, perpetuated for over two millennia. This article will discuss threads in the historical study, cataloging, and instruction of rhetorical devices, and will show ways contemporary scholars employ the concept of rhetorical devices, extending this tradition.