Definitions for -ance. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word -ance. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: -ance(Suffix) Added to the stem of a verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity, associated with the verb. -ance(Suffix) A process or action.
Amplification as an emotional effect. Amplification sometimes names a desired effect (associated with the emotional appeal or pathos), which can be achieved through various figures or rhetorical strategies. It has also named the process of discovering or composing such emotionally charged passages.
Amplification (auxesis in Greek and amplificatio in Latin) is a central term in rhetoric, naming a variety of general strategies as well as some very specific procedures or figures of speech. Amplification (auxesis) sometimes refers to arranging words or clauses in a sequence of increasing force.