Editing Rhetorical device (section)

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{{Rhetoric}}

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.<ref name="Crews-Anderson 2007 no page">{{Cite book|last=Crews-Anderson |first=Timothy A.|title=Critical thinking and informal logic|year=2007|publisher=Humanities-Ebooks|isbn=978-1-84760-046-2|location=Penrith|oclc=697474252}}</ref>{{page needed|date=January 2023}}