Difference between Rhetorical Device and Figures of Speech. Rhetorical figures or devices are employed to achieve particular emphasis and effect. Rhetorical devices, however, are different from âfigures of speechâ. Wherever and whenever a figure of speech is used in written texts and speech, it alters meanings of words.
In the U.S. in 2015, less than 5 girls were given the name. Less than 5 boys were given the name. In contrast, the year before less than 5 girls were given the name. Less than 5 boys were given the name. The trend's your friend. See how Ismene has changed in popularity since 1880 by visiting the Ismene Name Popularity Page. Ismene ~ Greek Myth - A daughter of Oedipus and sister of Antigone.
This article is about the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus. For other uses, see Ismene (disambiguation). Tydeus and Ismene, Corinthian black-figure amphora, ca. 560 BC, Louvre (E 640). Ismene (/ÉªsËmiËniË/; Ancient Greek: á¼°ÏÎ¼Î®Î½Î·, IsmÄnÄ) is the name of the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynices. She appears in several plays of Sophocles: at the end of Oedipus the King, in Oedipus at Colonus and in Antigone.