rhetorical device
- n a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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Michael Moynihan in Newsweek on the road to 1984 Are we living in the dystopian future depicted in George Orwell's novel? After tracking recent warnings, Michael Moynihan forges a standard. "The rule here is simple: If you are invoking 1984 in a country in which 1984 is available for purchase and can be freely deployed as a rhetorical device, you likely don’t understand the point of 1984. ...
June 20, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News