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Paraphrasis

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paraphrasenounA restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.

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paraphrasenounA restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
paraphrasingnounA paraphrased statement.
paraphrastnoun(rare) Someone who paraphrases.
metaphrasisnounmetaphrase; direct word-for-word translation
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".
metaphrasenounA literal, word-for-word translation.
metaphrastnounA person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
parathesisnoun(printing) The matter contained within brackets.
metaphorizationnounThe process of metaphorizing.
preteritionnounThe act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
periphrasenoun(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
paralepsisnoun(rhetoric, linguistics) Alternative spelling of paraleipsis.
paraphrasianounAlternative form of paraphasia. [(pathology) A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended]
epiphrasisnounepexegesis
parodyingverbAn instance of parody.
aparithmesisnoun(rhetoric) The enumeration of parts or particulars.
paraleipsisnoun(rhetoric, linguistics) Alternative form of paralipsis. [(rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it.]
parodismnoun(rare) The use of parody; a parodic approach.
epanaphoranoun(rhetoric) anaphora
semi-quotenounA phrase that is a close paraphrase that uses some of the authors original words. For instance: "A fanatic is someone who will not change his mind or the subject of discussion," according to Winston Churchill.

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