20 Obscure Rhetorical Terms and Figures of Speech

20 Obscure Rhetorical Terms and Figures of Speech You most likely know numerous interesting expressions, such terms as similitude and metonymy, incongruity and modest representation of the truth all the explanatory terms that you presumably learned in school. In any case, shouldn't something be said about a portion of the less natural figures and tropes? There are many 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 phenomenal words (a large portion of them Latin or Greek) for some genuinely basic explanatory methodologies. Accismusâ -Coyness; a type of incongruity wherein an individual fakes an absence of enthusiasm for something that the person 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 renouncing any goal of referencing it.Aposiopesis -An incomplete idea or broken sentence.Bdelygmia -A reiteration of misuse a progression of basic appellations, portrayals, or attributes.Boosting -A verb-modifying development used to help a case or express a perspective all the more confidently and convincingly.Chleuasmos - A snide answer that ridicules a rival, leaving the person in question without an answer.Dehortatio - Dissuasive exhortation offered with authority.Diatyposis -Recommending valuable statutes or guidance to somebody else.Epexegesis -Adding words or expressions to additionally explain or determine 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 signals or discourse propensities for another so as to ridicule him.Paronomasia - Punning, playing with words.Prolepsis -​A non-literal gadget by which a future occasion is attempted to have as of now occurred.Skotison -Intentionally darken discourse or composing, intended to befuddle a group of people as opposed to explain an issue.Synathroesmus -The accumulating of descriptive words, frequently in the soul of invective.Tapinosis -Name calling; undignified language that spoils an individual or thing.Tetracolon Climaxâ -A progression of four individuals, as a rule in equal form.Zeugma -Use of a word to adjust or oversee at least two words despite the fact that its utilization might be linguistically or coherently right with just one.