Rhetoric Flashcards
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Periphrasis
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A linguistic going ‘about the bush’ - when one chooses many words to represent ‘that thing which we desire to have knownen’ without saying what it is
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Periphrasis: effect?
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Pleasure of guessing what author means and surprise when we find it (Pope)
3
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isocolon
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clauses of equal length
4
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antithesis
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contrasting words and ideas placed in a parallel construction
5
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epimone
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the frequent repetition of a phrase or question dwelling on a point
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paralepsis or occupatio
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draws attention to an issue even as it is passed over - emphasising an issue discreetly
7
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apostrophe
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an exclamatory figure of speech. It occurs when a speaker breaks off from addressing someone. Often the addressee is a personified abstract quality or inanimate object.
