Onomatopoeia: alternatives and connections

(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

(rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.; "In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history."

(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"

(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.; "The last and perhaps t…

an argument offered in opposition to another argument

a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical que…

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greate…

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine"

inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

similarity by virtue of corresponding

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greate…

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses