rhetorical-figure

Law 9: is a rhetorical figure a specific kind of rhetorical device? Yes — a rhetorical figure (or figure of speech) is a specific pattern of phrasing, while rhetorical device is the broader category of techniques used to produce effect. A figure is a subset of devices. A competent speaker would call a rhetorical figure 'a rhetorical device.'

Garden-path design is a specific rhetorical figure: a pattern of language that deliberately misleads the reader's initial parse before forcing reanalysis. Per Law 9, a competent speaker would call garden-path 'a rhetorical figure.' Direction: specific→general.

paraprosdokian IS a specific kind of rhetorical figure: it is a figure of speech where a statement begins ordinarily but ends with a surprising twist that changes its meaning. A competent speaker would call it 'a rhetorical figure' or 'a figure of speech.' Files against the nearest kind.

paralepsis IS a specific kind of rhetorical figure: it is a figure of speech where the speaker deliberately omits or avoids mentioning a topic, often to draw attention to it. A competent speaker would classify it as 'a rhetorical figure.' Files against the nearest kind.

Bathos is a specific rhetorical figure: an unintentional anticlimax where an elevated style suddenly drops to the trivial or absurd. The note pins the rhetorical sense per Law 11d. Bathos IS a rhetorical-figure, per Law 9.

gloss IS a specific kind of rhetorical figure: a pattern of language where a word or phrase is followed by an explanatory restatement that clarifies or disambiguates. Per the gloss definition itself: 'a rhetorical figure in which a word or phrase is followed by an explanation.' The competent speaker test passes — rhetoric scholars classify gloss as a figure of speech/rhetoric. Nearest kind: rhetorical-figure (accepted). Pinned sense: gloss as a rhetorical/literary figure, not gloss as a general annotation.

Law 9 test: is simile a specific kind of rhetorical figure? Yes — simile is 'a figure of speech making an explicit comparison using like or as.' A competent speaker would call it 'a rhetorical figure.' Nearest kind.

Law 9 test: is antiphrasis a specific kind of rhetorical figure? Yes — antiphrasis is 'a figure of speech using irony or sarcasm, employing a term in a sense opposite to its proper or usual one.' A competent speaker would call it 'a rhetorical figure.' Nearest kind.

Law 9 test: is anadiplosis a specific kind of rhetorical figure? Yes — anadiplosis is 'the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.' A competent speaker would call it 'a rhetorical figure.' This is the nearest kind.

Law 9 test: is paralipsis a specific kind of rhetorical figure? Yes — paralipsis (paralepsis) is 'a figure of speech that consists of claiming to omit or pass over something while actually drawing attention to it.' A competent speaker would call it 'a rhetorical figure.' Nearest kind.

Periphrasis (circular expression using more words than necessary) is a specific rhetorical figure. Law 9 nearest-kind test passes.

Ellipsis (omission of words with continuation implied) is a specific rhetorical figure. Law 9 nearest-kind: a competent speaker would call it 'a rhetorical figure.'

Law 9 test: is polysyndeton a specific kind of rhetorical figure? Yes — polysyndeton is 'the deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession.' A competent speaker would call it 'a rhetorical figure.' Nearest kind.