Rhetorical device

In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action. They seek to make a position or argument more compelling than it would otherwise be.[1][page needed]

  1. ^ Crews-Anderson, Timothy A. (2007). Critical thinking and informal logic. Penrith: Humanities-Ebooks. ISBN 978-1-84760-046-2. OCLC 697474252.

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