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What is Paralogue?
Paralogue is a lesser-known literary term that refers to a speech or section of dialogue that is beside the main point—that is, it digresses from the central topic or argument but still adds color, character insight, or emotional depth to the text. ✅ Definition: A digressive or tangential speech in literature or rhetoric that departs…
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What is Nemesis? (Literary Device)
Nemesis is a literary device that refers to a form of retributive justice, often personified as an agent of fate or a character who punishes hubris, arrogance, or wrongdoing. It can also mean a long-standing rival or opponent whose actions bring about the protagonist’s downfall. ✅ Definition: A force of vengeance or punishment, often ensuring…
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What is Macrologia?
Macrologia is a rhetorical device that refers to using unnecessarily long, wordy, or verbose language, often to impress, confuse, or exaggerate. It can make a simple idea sound more elaborate or grandiose than it really is. ✅ Definition: The use of excessively long or elaborate speech or writing instead of concise expression. ✅ Example: Macrologia…
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What is Hypallage?
Hypallage is a literary device in which the usual relationship between words is reversed or transferred, typically when an adjective or modifier that logically describes one word is applied to another instead. It often creates a striking or poetic effect. ✅ Definition: The transference of a word (usually an adjective) from the word it logically…
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What is a Gnome? (Literary Device)
Gnome is a rhetorical and literary device that expresses a short, pithy statement of a general truth, principle, or moral, often in a concise and memorable way. Think of it as a proverb or aphorism delivered in a sentence or two. ✅ Definition: A brief, wise, and often philosophical statement expressing a universal truth. ✅…
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What is Ethopoeia?
Ethopoeia is a rhetorical device in which a writer or speaker creates or imitates the character, manner of speaking, emotions, or habits of another person. It’s often used in speeches, drama, or literature to give voice to someone else and make their perspective vivid. ✅ Definition: The rhetorical technique of representing another person’s character, speech,…
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What is Epanorthosis?
Epanorthosis is a rhetorical device where a speaker or writer deliberately retracts or corrects something just said, and replaces it with a stronger, clearer, or more appropriate expression. It often shows self-correction in real time for emphasis. ✅ Definition: A rhetorical correction that immediately improves, strengthens, or clarifies what was just stated. ✅ Example: It’s…
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What is Dialogismus?
Dialogismus is a rhetorical device in which a speaker quotes or adopts the voice of another person, real or imagined, in order to convey their thoughts, reactions, or arguments. It often creates dramatic effect or emphasizes a point by showing interaction or imagined dialogue. ✅ Definition: The use of another person’s voice within a speech…
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What is Correctio?
Correctio is a rhetorical device where the speaker or writer deliberately corrects themselves mid-sentence, either to clarify, strengthen, or refine what they’ve just said. It often adds emphasis or shows a shift from understatement to a more precise or powerful expression. ✅ Definition: The act of retracting or revising a statement to replace it with…
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What is Chronographia?
Chronographia is a rhetorical device that refers to a vivid description of a particular time of day, a season, or a moment in time. Writers use it to paint a detailed picture of when something is happening so that readers can feel the atmosphere and mood of that specific moment. ✅ Definition: A figure of…
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