頓とん呼こ法ほう

noun

apostrophe (rhetoric)

A figure of speech in which the speaker directly addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or an inanimate object. Technical term used in rhetoric and literary analysis.

• 「おお、自じ由ゆうよ！」は頓とん呼こ法ほうの一いち例れいである。

  "O liberty!" is an example of apostrophe.