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Tapinosis

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.; "The last and perhaps the most important of the ridiculing figures according to these writers is tapinosis."

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Allocution noun · 78% connection

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

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Exordium noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

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Narration noun · 78% connection

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

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Parenesis noun · 78% connection

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

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Peroration noun · 78% connection

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

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Ploce noun · 78% connection

(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

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Counterargument noun · 78% connection

an argument offered in opposition to another argument

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Rhetorical device noun · 78% connection

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

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Rhetorical question noun · 78% connection

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…

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

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

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Anaphora noun · 78% connection

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

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Antithesis noun · 78% connection

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

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Chiasmus noun · 78% connection

inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

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Commiseration noun · 78% connection

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

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

similarity by virtue of corresponding

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Doctrine of analogy noun · 78% connection

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

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Epanaphora noun · 78% connection

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

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Epiphora noun · 78% connection

repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

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Account noun · 78% connection

a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was g…

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Affright noun · 78% connection

Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Chicane noun · 78% connection

The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal…

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Circler noun · 78% connection

A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic…

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Complin noun · 78% connection

The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…

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Critic noun · 78% connection

One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…

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Criticise verb · 78% connection

To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault.

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Demerit noun · 78% connection

That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

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Descend verb · 78% connection

To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

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Discourse noun · 78% connection

Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the pre…

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Head noun · 78% connection

the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"

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