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Appositio

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appositionnoun(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
addubitationnoun(rhetoric) aporia
ampliationoun(Roman law) A deferred decision.
adjunctnounAn appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
appositivenoun(grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition
hypostrophenoun(rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis.
epexegesisnoun(rhetoric) An additional explanation or explanatory material.
anapodotonnoun(rhetoric) The rhetorical device in which a main clause is implied by a subordinate clause, without mention.
parathesisnoun(printing) The matter contained within brackets.
acervationoun(rhetoric) Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.
parembolenoun(rhetoric) A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.
anantapodotonnoun(rhetoric, uncommon) A rhetorical device in which a main clause is suggested by the introduction of a subordinate clause, but where the expression trails off.
periphrasisnounThe use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
apodeixisnounAlternative form of apodixis. [Full demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof.]
epiplocenoun(rhetoric) A figure of speech by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; escalation to a climax.
periphrasenoun(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
parenthesisnounA clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
paromologianoun(rhetoric) Concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
apodixisnounFull demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof.
proparalepsisnounA form of paragoge; the addition of an extra sound at the end of a word.

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