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Figures of Amplification

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a central term in rhetoric, naming a variety of general and specific procedures of figures of speech

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Qualities of Style

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are interpretative in nature and overlap with the other styles

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Amplification as a scheme

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arranging words in clauses or sequences of increasing force

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Virtues of Style

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relate style to grammar, audience, effective and affective appeals

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Schemes

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figures of speech that deal with word order, syntax, letters and sounds rather than meaning of words

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Examples of Schemes

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parallelism, asyndeton, polysyndeton

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Figures of speech

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taken to represent the whole of rhetoric

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Period

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a complex sentence made up of commas and colons

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Colon

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roughly same to a clause in English

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Levels of Style

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high, middle, low

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Amplification as arrangement

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to address each element of its conventional arrangement

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Amplification as an emotional effect

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names a desired effect

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Tropes

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figures of speech with an unexpected twist in the meaning of words

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Examples of Tropes

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metaphor, simile, hyperbole

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Synonymia

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repetition of the same idea using different vocab

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What is rhetoric?

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  • What is communicated

- How it is communicated

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Persuasive appeals

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  • 3 kinds of proofs working towards a persuasive goal

- Called intrinsic proofs

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The rhythm of prose

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names of linguistic units

  • Comma
  • Colon
  • Period
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Comma

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a short, snappy phrase

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Testimony (example)

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authorities

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Definition (example)

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genus and species

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Division (example)

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whole/parts

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Relationship (example)

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cause and effect

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Notion and conjugates (example)

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notion and conjugates

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Judicial (example)

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justice (right) and injustice (wrong)

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Deliberative (example)

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good/unworthy

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Epideictic (example)

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virtue (noble) and vice (base)

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Comparison (example)

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similarity/difference

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Circumstances (example)

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possible/impossible

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Ornamentation

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verbal expressions appropriate showing one’s intention

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Isocolon

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a series of similarly structured elements having the same length

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Tricolon

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three parallel elements of the same length occurring together in a series

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Asyndeton

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means no connecting

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Polysyndeton

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means lots of connecting

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The Canons of rhetoric

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  1. Invention
  2. Arrangement
  3. Style
  4. Memory
  5. Delivery
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Arrangement of classical oratory

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  1. Introduction
  2. Statement of facts
  3. Division
  4. Proof
  5. Refutation
  6. Conclusion

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