20 Obscure Rhetorical Terms and Figures of Speech

20 Obscure Rhetorical Terms and Figures of Speech You most likely know numerous hyperboles, such terms as allegory and metonymy, incongruity and modest representation of the truth all the logical terms that you presumably 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 remarkable words (the majority of them Latin or Greek) for some genuinely basic logical procedures. Accismusâ -Coyness; a type of incongruity where an individual fakes 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 repudiating any aim 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 taunts an adversary, leaving the person in question without an answer.Dehortatio - Dissuasive guidance offered with authority.Diatyposis -Recommending valuable statutes or guidance to somebody else.Epexegesis -Adding words or expressions to additionally explain or determine a n 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 (generally 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 metaphorical gadget by which a future occasion is attempted to have as of now occurred.Skotison -Intentionally dark discourse or composing, intended to befuddle a crowd of people instead of explain an issue.Synathroesmus -The accumulating of descriptors, regularly in the soul of invective.Tapinosis -Name calling; undignified language that corrupts an individual or thing.Tetracolon Climaxâ -A progression of four individuals, normally in equal form.Zeugma -Use of a word to change or oversee at least two words in spite of the fact that its utilization might be linguistically or intelligently right with just one.