20 Obscure Rhetorical Terms and Figures of Speech

20 Obscure Rhetorical Terms and Figures of Speech You likely know numerous sayings, such terms as analogy and metonymy, incongruity and modest representation of the truth all the explanatory terms that you most likely learned in school. Be that as it may, shouldn't something be said about a portion of the less recognizable figures and tropes? There are several them, after all. And while we may not perceive their names, we utilize and hear a decent number of these gadgets consistently. So lets investigate 20 exceptional words (the vast majority of them Latin or Greek) for some genuinely regular expository methodologies. Accismusâ -Coyness; a type of incongruity where an individual pretends an absence of enthusiasm for something that the individual in question really desires.Anadiplosis -Repetition of the final expression of one line or condition to start the next.Apophasis -Emphasizing a point by appearing to ignore it-that is, referencing something while at the same time disavowing any expectation of referencing it.Aposiopesis -An incomplete idea or broken sentence.Bdelygmia -A reiteration of misuse a progression of basic designations, portrayals, or attributes.Boosting -A verb-modifying development used to help a case or express a perspective all the more self-assuredly and convincingly.Chleuasmos - A wry answer that derides an adversary, leaving the person in question without an answer.Dehortatio - Dissuasive counsel offered with authority.Diatyposis -Recommending valuable statutes or guidance to somebody else.Epexegesis -Adding words or expressions to additionally explain or i ndicate an announcement as of now made.Epimone -Frequent redundancy of an expression or question; harping on a point.Epizeuxis -Repetition of a word or expression for accentuation (as a rule without any words in the middle). Hypocrisisâ -Exaggerating the motions or discourse propensities for another so as to ridicule him.Paronomasia - Punning, playing with words.Prolepsis -​A metaphorical gadget by which a future occasion is attempted to have as of now occurred.Skotison -Intentionally cloud discourse or composing, intended to confound a group of people instead of explain an issue.Synathroesmus -The accumulating of descriptors, regularly in the soul of invective.Tapinosis -Name calling; undignified language that degrades an individual or thing.Tetracolon Climaxâ -A progression of four individuals, as a rule in equal form.Zeugma -Use of a word to alter or administer at least two words in spite of the fact that its utilization might be linguistically or sensibly right with just one.