Talk:Glossary of rhetorical terms

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I just started this page as part of our rhetoric wikiportal. Please feel free to add terms or edit the formatting as you see fit. --Matt 20:47, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] AFD debate link

This article has been kept following this AFD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:41, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move to Wiktionary

I see the article has a "Move to Wiktionary" template. Though I agree that the individual definitions should be copied to Wiktionary, I think the value of this article is to inform the reader what rhetorical terms there are and allow him/her to select the appropriate term for a particular purpose on the basis of brief definitions (with links to discussions on things like zeugma and sysllepsis). Personally, I have frequently wanted to use a term and forgotten what it was called. I have also sometimes wanted to look up two terms to see which one is most applicable and found useful information that I had not been looking for. I am thinking, for instance, about all the different ways to achieve a particular effect by not using the normal (literal-meaning) word for a specific concept(metaphor, synecdoche, metonymy, litotes, . . .) or unusual word order or word combinations (including repetition) for effect (alliteration, anadiplosis, anaphora, anistrophe, auxesis, chiasmus, epiphora, . . .). -- So I support a copy, but oppose subsequent deletion (which "move" would imply). --Boson 21:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Oppose. This is a pattern. See Category talk:Glossaries. Rfrisbietalk 02:33, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose deletion - Keep this page on Wikipedia. Glossaries on Wikipedia serve a different function than glossaries on Wiktionary. That is, Wikipedia glossaries serve Wikipedia, because they are Wikipedia linkified. What good is a Wiktionary glossary if you are looking for Wikipedia articles to read? Glossaries on Wikipedia are essential learning aids in the context of Wikipedia in that they help learn the terminology right here where you need it and assist in selecting and going to the articles you wish to read on a subject. Quit getting rid of these useful pages.  The Transhumanist   05:08, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Merge

A merge with Stylistic device and/or Figure of speech might be a appropriate.I see a merge of those two articles has been proposed. At least, there should be links to those articles, in my opinion. --Boson 21:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] properly linkable

make this properly linkable directly to each word. Wandalstouring 17:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Repetition

What about repetition on the list?