Ellipsis—Deliberate omission of a word or of words, which are readily implied by the context. For example, he to England shall along with you”—Hamlet, III. “And Hypallage—“Exchanging” transferred epithet; grammatical agreement of words that do not logically qualify. Hysteron Proteron—A Greek expression meaning first.” It is used in “latter rhetoric to describe a figure of speech in which words that should, in terms of their meaning, come later, come first. Or, it can be an inversion of the natural sequence of events. For example, for a fresh of breath air” (James Joyce, Ulysses). “O, Or, Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (1607), and turn the rudder.” “fly Parenthesis—Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence. For example, wherein any man is bold—I am speaking foolishly—I also “But am bold…Are they ministers of Christ? I—to speak as a fool—am more—St. Paul, 2 Cor. II, 21 and 23. Prolepsis—The use of adjectives or nouns in an inverted order, often putting the result or relative clause before its antecedent, as used by Vergil in Aeneid. This device is often used to raise objections, or to respond to a possible or rebuttal. Synesis—The agreement of words according to logic, rather than grammatical agreement. For example, the of sin is death,” Romans 6. “For Devices of Visualization Ekphrasis—An extended or detailed description, commonly a description of a picture or image. Hyperbaton—The separation of words, which belong together for emphasis or to create a visual image. Famously used by Vergil in Aeneid. for Visualization (or Picturesque Language or Ocular Demonstration)—Terms language that produces a key image in the minds of the audience. The term originates with a Hellenistic Jewish writer given the name Longinus “visualization” (fl. 50 C.E.), but this may have been influenced by Rhetorica ad Herennium’s concept of demonstration.” The effect, according to Rhetorica ad Herennium, is “ocular a matter” and to pity” (LV. Book IV). “amplifying “appeal[ing]
Ellipsis—Deliberate omission of a word or of words, which are readily implied by the context. For example, “And he to England shall along with you”—Hamlet, III. Hypallage—“Exchanging” transferred epithet; grammatical agreement of words that do not logically qualify. Hysteron Proteron—A Greek expression meaning “latter first.” It is used in rhetoric to describe a figure of speech in which words that should, in terms of their meaning, come later, come first. Or, it can be an inversion of the natural sequence of events. For example, “O, for a fresh of breath air” (James Joyce, Ulysses). Or, Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (1607), “fly and turn the rudder.” Parenthesis—Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence. For example, “But wherein any man is bold—I am speaking foolishly—I also am bold…Are they ministers of Christ? I—to speak as a fool—am more—St. Paul, 2 Cor. II, 21 and 23. Prolepsis—The use of adjectives or nouns in an inverted order, often putting the result or relative clause before its antecedent, as used by Vergil in Aeneid. This device is often used to raise objections, or to respond to a possible or rebuttal. Synesis—The agreement of words according to logic, rather than grammatical agreement. For example, “For the of sin is death,” Romans 6. Devices of Visualization Ekphrasis—An extended or detailed description, commonly a description of a picture or image. Hyperbaton—The separation of words, which belong together for emphasis or to create a visual image. Famously used by Vergil in Aeneid. Visualization (or Picturesque Language or Ocular Demonstration)—Terms for language that produces a key image in the minds of the audience. The term “visualization” originates with a Hellenistic Jewish writer given the name Longinus (fl. 50 C.E.), but this may have been influenced by Rhetorica ad Herennium’s concept of “ocular demonstration.” The effect, according to Rhetorica ad Herennium, is “amplifying a matter” and “appeal[ing] to pity” (LV. Book IV).
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