Sentences with phrase «simple rhetorical device»
Whether this is anything more than a simple rhetorical device needs a thorough inquiry at the present time.
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«Irony (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation or feigned ignorance) is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions.»
Whatever Mr Cameron's views on tax, you are a little bit harsh on Professor Laffer's theory, I think, which is far simpler and more eloquent than it is normally presented (including by the 1980s true believers, who largely hijacked it as a rhetorical device to justify tax cuts).