💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hypophora"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthypophoranoun | (rhetoric) A device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it. |
| sermocinationnoun | (rhetoric) A form of prosopopoeia in which one answers one's own question. |
| cataphoranoun | (linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect. |
| hypostrophenoun | (rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis. |
| erotesisnoun | (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby a question is asked in confident expectation of a negative answer. |
| rhetorical questionnoun | (colloquial) A question to which the asker does not expect an answer. |
| aphorismusnoun | (rhetoric) A figure of speech that questions whether a word is properly used, as in "How can you call yourself a man?". |
| kataphoranoun | Alternative form of cataphora. [(linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.] |
| hypobolenoun | (rhetoric) Deliberate, intentional understatement (opposite of hyperbole). |
| epiphoranoun | (rhetoric) epistrophe |
| epiplexisnoun | (rhetoric) A rhetorical device where a sequence of rhetorical questions is used to criticise or blame, or more generally, to elicit an emotional response. |
| anaphoranoun | (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis. |
| hypallagenoun | (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two. |
| epanaphoranoun | (rhetoric) anaphora |
| anadiplosisnoun | (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression. |
| procatalepsisnoun | (rhetoric) A rhetorical exercise in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it, in an attempt to strengthen the argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments. |
| prosopopoeianoun | (rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this. |
| aparithmesisnoun | (rhetoric) The enumeration of parts or particulars. |
| pysmanoun | (rhetoric) The asking of a series of questions requiring complex answers. |
| tropenoun | (art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif. |
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