Relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric. "repetition is a common rhetorical device" Similar: stylistic oratorical linguistic verbal expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress. "the rhetorical commitment of the government to give priority to primary education"
He has been groaning for more then a year. "Did you groan?" ask Dorothy "I did. I've been groaning for more then a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me."
The Chronicles of Narnia is fantasy fiction. Treasure Island is adventure fiction. Pride and Prejudice is romance fiction. The Time Machine is science fiction.