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Use of tropes in advertisements

In thinking further about my comp, I decided to explore the use of figurative language in advertisements. Rhetorical figures can be arranged and divided based on properties and characteristics. At the highest level, a rhetorical figure is an artful deviation....

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  • rhetorical figures
  • tropes

Posted by Brittany Bell on March 30, 2009 6:48 PM

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