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Zeugma

A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Syllepsis 76% connected

A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

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Allocution noun · 78% connection

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

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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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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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Tapinosis noun · 78% connection

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

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Counterargument noun · 78% connection

an argument offered in opposition to another argument

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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

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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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Active voice noun · 78% connection

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…

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Adjectival adjective · 78% connection

Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.

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Adjective verb · 78% connection

To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.

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Adverb noun · 78% connection

A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; pap…

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Agreer noun · 78% connection

One who agrees.

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Attributive noun · 78% connection

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

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Bargainee verb · 78% connection

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold.

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Comparative noun · 78% connection

the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…

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Comparative degree noun · 78% connection

the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…

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Compound noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Compound word noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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