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\nThis Site – and – \u201cFigures Of Speech Used In The Bible<\/u><\/a>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Page #<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Abominatio<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> – An Expression of Feeling by way of Detestation. \u00a0\u00a0 935<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\n(Also called Apodioxis<\/a><\/strong>, Rejectio, or Detestatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAbusio<\/strong> – One word changed for another only remotely connected with it.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0674<\/strong><\/a>
\n(Also called Catachresis<\/a><\/strong>)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAccismus<\/strong><\/a> – Apparent or Assumed Refusal.\u00a0 \u00a0 962<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAccommodatio<\/strong> –\u00a0 \u00a0 786<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(A form of Gnome where the sense is accommodated,
\nbeing quite different from that which was first intended, and the sense is accommodated by analogy to quite a different event or circumstance.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAccusatio<\/strong> – The use of a Counter Charge, or Recrimination.\u00a0 \u00a0 966<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Anticategoria, Tu Quoque, Accusatio Adversa and Translatio Adversarium)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAcrostichion<\/strong> – Repetition of the same or successive Letters
\nat the beginnings of Words or Clauses. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 181<\/strong><\/a>
\n(Also called Acrostic and Parastichis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAcutifatuum<\/strong> – A Wise saying that seems Foolish. <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0816<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n(Also called Oxymoron.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAddubitatio<\/strong> – An Expression of Feeling by way of Doubt.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0929<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/em>(Also called Aporia, Diaporesis and Dubitatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAdjunctum<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 –\u00a0 Joint Yoke. \u00a0<\/em>135<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n(Also called\u00a0 Synezeugmenon.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAdumbratio<\/strong> – Visible Representation of Objects or Actions by Words.\u00a0 \u00a0 444<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/em>(Also called\u00a0Diatyposis, Eicasia, Enargeia, Hypotyposis, Icon, Imago, Phantasia and Repr\u00e6sentatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00c6nigma<\/strong><\/a> – <\/span> Enigma: A Truth Expressed in Obscure Language. \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 772<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n(See also Hyp\u00e6nigma and Hyp\u00e6nixis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00c6tiologia<\/strong> – The rendering a Reason for what is said or done.\u00a0 \u00a0 963<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Apodeixis and Caus\u00e6 Redditio.)
\n.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Affirmatio<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> – Spontaneous Affirmation.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>960<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAganactesis<\/strong> – An Expression of Feeling by way of Indignation.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 934<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAgnominatio<\/strong> – <\/span>The Repetition of Words similar in Sound,
\nbut not necessarily in Sense. \u00a0 \u00a0307<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Rhyming Words. Also called Paronomasia and Annominatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAllegory<\/a><\/strong> – Continued Comparison by Representation (Metaphor) or Implication (Hypocatastasis).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0748<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAllelouchia<\/strong>\u00a0– (Repeated Alternation) \u00a0363<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Introverted Correspondence)\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> 374<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span>(Also called Chiasmos or Chiaston, Chiasmus and Decussata Oratio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAll\u0153osis<\/strong>\u00a0 – Exchange of one Word for another.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0490<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Enallage and Enallaxis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAm\u0153b\u00e6on<\/strong> – Repetition of the same Phrase at the End of successive Paragraphs.\u00a0 \u00a0343<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(A form of Cycloides<\/strong>:The Repetition of the same Phrase at regular Intervals.). 342<\/a><\/strong>)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAmphibologia<\/a><\/strong> – Double Meaning.\u00a0A Word or Phrase susceptible of two Interpretations.\u00a0 804<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAmphidiorthosis<\/strong> – A setting both Hearer and Speaker right by a Correction which acts both ways.\u00a0 (See also Prodiorthosis.)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 912<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAmpliatio<\/a><\/strong> – A retaining of an old Name after the reason for it is passed away.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n(A form of Epitheton\u00a0 440<\/strong><\/a>. See also Prolepsis 979<\/a><\/strong>.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAmplificatio<\/strong> – <\/span><\/span><\/span> By way of addition or amplification (Pleonastic figures). \u00a0 \u00a0405<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnabasis<\/strong><\/a> – An Increase of Sense in successive Sentences. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>429<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n(Also called Anagoge, Auxesis and Incrementum. See also Catabasis.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnachoresis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – A Return to the Original Subject after a Digression. <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 913<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Regressio, Recessio and Epanaclesis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnaclasis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – Repetition of the same Word in the same Sentence, with Different Meanings. \u00a0 <\/span>287<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n(Various names and forms – Antanaclasis, Antistasis, Dialogia, Ploce, Refractio and Reciprocatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnac\u0153nosis<\/strong> –\u00a0 An Appeal to others as having interests in Common.\u00a0 \u00a0 968<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Communicatio and Symboulesis; when used in a question it may be Erotesis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnacoluthon<\/strong> – A breaking off the sequence of Thought.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0720<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnadiplosis<\/strong><\/a> – \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sentence begins with same word(s) that the previous sentence ended with.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>251<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nAn\u00e6resis<\/strong>\u00a0 – A Parenthetic Addition by way of Detraction.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0481<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n(Parenthetic Tapeinosis<\/strong> [A lessening of a thing in order to increase it; Antenantiosis] 159<\/a><\/strong>.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnagoge<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> – An Increase of Sense in successive Sentences.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 429<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Anabasis, Auxesis and Incrementum. See also Catabasis.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnamnesis<\/strong> – An- Expression of Feeling by Way of Recalling to Mind.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0918<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Recollectio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnantapodoton<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong> – Ellipsis<\/a> of a later clause; without apodosis. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 53<\/a>
\n<\/strong>(A hypothetical proposition without the consequent clause.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnaphonema<\/strong><\/a> – An Expression of Feeling by way of Exclamation.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0927<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Ecphonesis and Anaphonesis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnaphonesis<\/a><\/strong> – An Expression of Feeling by way of Exclamation. \u00a0\u00a0 927<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Ecphonesis and Anaphonema.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnaphora<\/strong> – The Repetition of the same Word at the beginning
\nof successive Sentences. \u00a0 199<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Epanaphora and Relatio. See also Epibole.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnaschesis<\/a><\/strong> – A taking on one\u2019s self.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0981<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n(A form of Prolepsis 979<\/a><\/strong>.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnastrophe<\/strong> –\u00a0 The position of One word changed so as to be set over against the Other.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0699<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Parallage, Syncategorema, Trajectio and Inversio.)
\n.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anesis<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> – Addition of Conclusion by way of lessening the Effect.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 463<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnnominatio<\/strong> – The Repetition of Words similar in Sound, but not necessarily in Sense.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0307<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Agnominatio and Paronomasia.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntanaclasis<\/strong> – Repetition of the same Word in the same Sentence, with Different Meanings.<\/span><\/span>
\n(Various names and forms- Anaclasis, Antistasis, Dialogia, Ploce, Refractio and Reciprocatio.) <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 286\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnteisagoge<\/strong> – The Answering of one Question by asking another.\u00a0 \u00a0 964<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Anticatallaxis, Anthupophora, Compensatio and Contraria Illatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntenantiosis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – A lessening of a thing in order to increase it.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0159<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Tapeinosis and An\u00e6resis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnteoccupatio<\/a><\/strong> – The answering of an Argument by anticipating it before it is used.
\nAnticipation beforehand.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0979<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Apantesis, Occupatio, Pr\u00e6monitio, Procatalepsis and Prolepsis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntezeugmenon<\/strong><\/a> – Yoked at the Beginning.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>131<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Injunctum and Proepizeuxis.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnthropopatheia<\/strong> – The Ascribing of Human Attributes, etc<\/em>., to God.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> 871<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Derech Benai Adam, Condescensio and Syncatabasis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnthupophora<\/strong> – The Answering of one Question by asking another.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0964<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Anteisagoge, Anticatallaxis, Compensatio and Contraria Illatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnthypophora<\/strong><\/a> – A reply to an objection.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0980<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n(A form of Open Prolepsis 979<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnticatallaxis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – The Answering of one Question by asking another .\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 964<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Anteisagoge, Anthupophora, Compensatio and Contraria Illatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnticategoria<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – The use of a Counter Charge, or Recrimination.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0966<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Accusatio Adversa, Translatio Adversarium and Tu Quoque,.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntimereia<\/strong> –\u00a0 The Exchange of one part of Speech for another.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 491<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called All\u0153osis and Enallaxis. A form of Enallage 490<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntimetabole<\/strong> – This figure repeats the word or words in a reverse order,
\nfor the purpose of opposing one thing to another, or of contrasting two or more things. \u00a0 \u00a0301<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(A form of Epanodos. Also called Commutatio, Diallelon and Metathesis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntimetathesis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – Dialogue, or A Transference of Speakers. \u00a0 \u00a0898<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Polyprosopon.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntiphrasis<\/strong> – A new and opposite Name for a thing after the original Meaning has ceased. \u00a0691<\/span><\/span><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\n(See also Irony, Permutatio and Sarcasmos. 807<\/a><\/strong>)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntiprosopop\u0153ia<\/strong> – <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Antipersonification. The opposite of Prosopopoeia;
\nPersons represented as inanimate things.\u00a0 \u00a0 870<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntiptosis<\/strong> – Exchange of one case for another.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0507<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(A form of Antimereia, which is a form of Enallage. Also called All\u0153osis and Enallaxis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntistasis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – Repetition of the same Word in the same Sentence, with Different Meanings.\u00a0 \u00a0 286<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Various names and forms – Anaclasis, Antanaclasis, Dialogia, Ploce, Refractio and Reciprocatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntistrophe<\/strong><\/a> – A turning the Words of a Speaker against himself.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0965<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Bi\u00e6on, Inverso and Violentum.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAntithesis<\/strong> – A setting of one Phrase in Contrast with another.\u00a0 \u00a0 715<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Contentio, Enantiosis, antitheta<\/em>, contraposita<\/em> and opposita<\/em>.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n Antonomasia<\/strong> – Change of proper name for appellative, or vice versa. \u00a0 \u00a0 682<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApantesis<\/a><\/strong> – \u00a0A meeting of an objection by anticipation.\u00a0 \u00a0 979<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Anteoccupatio, Occupatio, Praemonitio, Procatalepsis and Prolepsis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAparithmesis<\/strong> – The Enumeration of the Parts of a Whole which has not been mentioned.\u00a0 \u00a0 436<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Synathr\u0153smus, Enumeratio, Congeries, Syrmos and Eirmos.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApeuche<\/strong> – Expression of Feeling by way of Malediction or Execration.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0940<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>(Also called Ara, Comminatio, Execratio, Imprecatio, Maledictio and Misos.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAperta<\/a><\/strong> –\u00a0 The answering of an Argument by anticipating it before it is used.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0979<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Open Prolepsis<\/strong>: the anticipated objection is both answered and stated.)
\n(See also Tecta<\/em>, or Closed Prolepsis<\/em>: the anticipated objection is merely stated or implied, not answered; or answered, but not plainly stated.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAph\u00e6resis<\/strong> – Front Cut.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> 149<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAphodos<\/strong> – A temporary Turning Aside from one Subject to another.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 906<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Digressio, Ecbole, Parabasis and Parecbasis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApocope<\/strong> – End Cut.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0150<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApodeixis<\/strong> – The rendering a Reason for what is said or done.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0963<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called \u00c6tiologia and Caus\u00e6 Redditio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApodioxis<\/strong><\/a> – An Expression of Feeling by way of Detestation.\u00a0 \u00a0935<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Abominatio, Detestatio and Rejectio.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApologue<\/a><\/strong>– Fable; A Fictitious<\/strong> Narrative used for Illustration. \u00a0\u00a0 754<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Fabula.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApophasis<\/strong> – Addition of Insinuation (implied) by way of Reasoning.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0486<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(See also Cataphasis 487<\/a>.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAporia<\/strong> – <\/span> An Expression of Feeling by way of Doubt. \u00a0 \u00a0929<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Addubitatio, Diaporesis and Dubitatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAposiopesis<\/a><\/strong>– Sudden Silence. \u00a0 151<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>(Also called Reticentia.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApostasis<\/strong> – The repetition of the same word after a break, or parenthesis.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0206<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Epanalepsis and Resumptio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nApostrophe<\/strong><\/a> – A Turning Aside from the Direct Matter to Address Others.\u00a0 901<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Aversio and Prosphonesis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAppositum<\/span><\/span><\/strong> – A Naming of a Thing by describing it.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0440
\n<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>(Also called Appositum and Epitheton. See also Ampliatio.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAra<\/strong> –\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 940<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Apeuche, Comminatio, Execratio, Imprecatio, Maledictio and Misos.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAssociation<\/strong> – When the Writer or Speaker associates himself with those whom he addresses.\u00a0 \u00a0 900<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAssumptio<\/strong><\/a> – Addition (full) of what is professed to be ignored.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 485<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n(Also called Circumductio and Proslepsis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAste\u00efsmos<\/a> <\/strong>(change<\/b><\/span>) – An Expression of Feeling by way of Politeness.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0917<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Urbanity as opposed to Rusticity.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAste\u00efsmos<\/a><\/strong> \/Asteismus<\/strong><\/a> (addition<\/b><\/u>) – Politeness \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0488<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Addition by graceful disclosure of what is professedly concealed.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAste\u00efsmos<\/strong><\/em> – See “Gnomon Of The New Testament<\/u>” by Johann Albrecht Bengel,
\nVol. 5, pg. 395<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAsterismos<\/a><\/strong> – The Calling Attention to by making a Star or Mark. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0926<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAsyndeton<\/strong><\/a> – No \u201cAnds \u201d; Without Conjunctions\u00a0\u00a0137<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Asyntheton, Dialysis, Dialyton, Dissolutio, Epitrochasmos, Percursio and Solutum.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAthr\u0153smos<\/strong> –\u00a0 Addition of Conclusion by way of a brief Summary.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 468<\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Symperasma.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAuxesis<\/a><\/strong> – An Increase of Sense in successive Sentences. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0429<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Anabasis, Anagoge and Incrementum.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAversio<\/strong><\/a><\/span> – A Turning Aside from the direct Subject-Matter to address others.\u00a0 \u00a0 901<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\n(Also called Apostrophe and Prosphonesis.)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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