ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

ATLAS 262 · 353 assigned entries

Rhetoric and Style

Rhetorical forms organise repetition, contrast, transfer and perspective. This selection moves from central figures to their conceptual neighbours and makes their differences traceable through stable, citable entries.

Core concepts

  1. MetaphorAT-RHE-0002 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A transfer that makes one domain of experience intelligible through another.

  2. ChiasmusAT-RHE-0004 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A crossed arrangement in which corresponding elements return in reversed order.

  3. IronyAT-RHE-0005 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    An utterance whose intended stance diverges recognisably from its literal wording.

  4. MetonymyAT-091-004 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The naming of an object using a concept that is conceptually related to it.

  5. SynecdocheAT-091-003 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The substitution of an expression with a reference to a part, the whole, or a type.

  6. HyperboleAT-091-001 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Deliberate exaggeration to intensify an impression.

  7. AbscissionAT-HAR-0001 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Abscission is used here for the interruption of an utterance, in a rhetorical tradition overlapping with aposiopesis.

  8. AccismusAT-HAR6-0001 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Feigned refusal of something actually desired.

  9. AccumulationAT-METZ1-0005 · Rhetorik

    A growing sequence of expressions that condenses a subject or unfolds it into aspects.

  10. AdulationAT-HAR10-0001 · Rhetorik

    Excessive flattering praise intended to gain favour, closeness or advantage.

  11. AdynatonAT-HAR-0002 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The reinforcement of a statement through the conception of an impossible event.

  12. AenosAT-RHE-209-003 · Rhetorik

    A riddling short tale or allusion, often cast as an animal fable, that conveys a moral meaning.

  13. AetiologiaAT-HAR6-0002 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Giving a reason or cause for a statement just made.

  14. AganactesisAT-HAR8-0003 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The linguistic expression of indignation or indignant rejection.

  15. AllegoryAT-RHE-W0001 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A sustained configuration in which persons, actions, or settings carry a second structured field of meaning.

  16. AlloiosisAT-172-0010 · Rhetorik

    In the sense selected from Lanham, alloiosis presents a subject through distinguishable alternatives.

  17. AmphibolyAT-HAR-0004 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Ambiguity arising from the grammatical structure or organization of an utterance.

  18. AmphigoryAT-HAR-0005 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Speech that is intentionally obscure or seemingly paradoxical, creating the appearance of meaning or erudition.

  19. AnacephalaeosisAT-HAR9-0014 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    An ordered recapitulation of the main points developed before.

  20. AnacoenosisAT-HAR5-0008 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Appealing to an audience as fellow deliberators or judges.

  21. AnacoenosisAT-METZ1-0006 · Rhetorik

    A consultative question addressed to an audience, apparently or genuinely involving it in judgment.

  22. AnadiplosisAT-RHE-W0003 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The repetition of the final word or phrase of one unit at the beginning of the next.

  23. AnamnesisAT-HAR7-0011 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The performed act of remembering within speech.

  24. AnantapodotonAT-HAR-0006 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    An unfinished two-part construction whose expected completion is omitted.

  25. AnaphoraAT-103-001 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The repetition of the same expression at the beginning of successive linguistic units.

  26. AnapodotonAT-HAR8-0004 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    An unfinished two-part construction whose expected completion is omitted.

  27. AnastropheAT-HAR-0007 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A deviation from the usual word order through the reversal or conspicuous rearrangement of related elements.

  28. AnesisAT-HAR6-0003 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A concluding addition that diminishes what preceded it.

  29. AntanagogeAT-HAR5-0007 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Balancing an admitted disadvantage with a favourable point.

  30. AntanaklasisAT-119-001 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Repetition of the same word with distinctly different meanings.

  31. AntapodosisAT-172-0011 · Rhetorik

    A following unit that explicitly corresponds to an earlier construction.

  32. AnthimeriaAT-HAR7-0010 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Using a word as a different part of speech.

  33. AntilogyAT-RHE-201-001 · Rhetorik

    The development of opposed arguments on the same subject, making a question examinable from at least two contradictory sides.

  34. AntimetaboleAT-RHE-W0007 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The repetition of words or phrases in reversed grammatical order.

  35. AntiphrasisAT-HAR-0008 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    The use of an expression in a sense that is clearly opposite to its literal meaning, as indicated by context.

  36. AntiphrasisAT-METZ1-0007 · Rhetorik

    The use of an expression in a contextually recognisable opposite sense.

  37. AntirrhesisAT-HAR9-0001 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Explicit rejection of a preceding claim or position.

  38. AntistrephonAT-RHE-201-002 · Rhetorik

    The adoption of an opponent's argument or proof in order to turn it against its original direction and towards one's own position.

  39. AntithesisAT-METZ1-0008 · Rhetorik

    A pointed juxtaposition of opposing ideas in parallel or corresponding form.

  40. AntonomasiaAT-HAR9-0008 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Replacing a proper name with a characteristic designation, or the reverse.

  41. ApocrisisAT-172-0014 · Rhetorik

    A deliberately shaped response to a preceding question or assertion.

  42. ApodeixisAT-RHE-206-001 · Rhetorik

    The confirmation of a claim by reference to generally accepted experience, shared knowledge, or a principle treated as certain.

  43. ApokoinuAT-HAR-0009 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A construction in which a linguistic element belongs to two syntactic contexts simultaneously.

  44. ApoplanesisAT-HAR8-0006 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    Deliberate evasion of a question by moving to another subject.

  45. AposiopesisAT-RHE-0003 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A deliberate breaking-off of speech before the utterance is completed.

  46. ArchaismAT-RHE-W0011 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A form perceived as belonging to an earlier historical stage of a language.

  47. AsyndetonAT-HAR-0010 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A sequence of elements of equal rank without connecting conjunctions.

  48. BathosAT-103-002 · Rhetorik/Stilistik

    A sudden descent from the sublime to the banal or ridiculous.

All concepts in this subject

The complete subject index links every assigned Atlas concept.

  1. Abscission AT-HAR-0001
  2. Accismus AT-HAR6-0001
  3. Accumulation AT-METZ1-0005
  4. Acutezza (pointed ingenuity) AT-ADD-20261015-0025
  5. Acyrologia AT-HAR8-0001
  6. Adianoeta AT-HAR8-0002
  7. Adulation AT-HAR10-0001
  8. Adynaton AT-HAR-0002
  9. Aenos AT-RHE-209-003
  10. Aetiologia AT-HAR6-0002
  11. Aganactesis AT-HAR8-0003
  12. Agnominatio AT-METZ1-0004
  13. Aischrology AT-HAR2-0001
  14. Allegory AT-RHE-W0001
  15. Alloiosis AT-172-0010
  16. Allusion AT-RHE-W0002
  17. Ambiguous discourse (amphilogy) AT-HAR2-0003
  18. Amphiboly AT-HAR-0004
  19. Amphidiorthosis AT-HAR2-0002
  20. Amphigory AT-HAR-0005
  21. Amplification AT-CORE-239-002
  22. Anacephalaeosis AT-HAR9-0014
  23. Anachoresis AT-HAR10-0006
  24. Anacoenosis AT-HAR5-0008
  25. Anacoenosis AT-METZ1-0006
  26. Anadiplosis AT-RHE-W0003
  27. Anagogy: reading towards ultimate fulfilment AT-ADD-20261020-0011
  28. Anamnesis AT-HAR7-0011
  29. Anantapodoton AT-HAR-0006
  30. Anaphora AT-103-001
  31. Anapodoton AT-HAR8-0004
  32. Anastrophe AT-HAR-0007
  33. Anesis AT-HAR6-0003
  34. Antanagoge AT-HAR5-0007
  35. Antanaklasis AT-119-001
  36. Antapodosis AT-172-0011
  37. Antenantiosis AT-HAR8-0005
  38. Anthimeria AT-HAR7-0010
  39. Anti-personification / antiprosopopoeia AT-ADD-20261020-0166
  40. Anticategoria AT-HAR10-0002
  41. Anticlimax AT-091-008
  42. Antilogy AT-RHE-201-001
  43. Antimetabole AT-RHE-W0007
  44. Antimetathesis AT-172-0012
  45. Antiphrasis AT-HAR-0008
  46. Antiphrasis AT-METZ1-0007
  47. Antiptosis AT-172-0013
  48. Antirrhesis AT-HAR9-0001
  49. Antistasis AT-HAR9-0015
  50. Antistrephon AT-RHE-201-002
  51. Antithesis AT-METZ1-0008
  52. Antonomasia AT-HAR9-0008
  53. Antonomasia AT-134-023
  54. Apelasis AT-HAR10-0007
  55. Apheleia: crafted plainness AT-ADD-20261020-0010
  56. Apheresis AT-HAR2-0004
  57. Aphorism AT-RES6-0001
  58. Apocope AT-HAR2-0005
  59. Apocrisis AT-172-0014
  60. Apodeixis AT-RHE-206-001
  61. Apodioxis AT-HAR7-0012
  62. Apokoinu AT-HAR-0009
  63. Apophasis AT-HAR9-0002
  64. Apophthegm AT-NAV-G01-053
  65. Apoplanesis AT-HAR8-0006
  66. Aposiopesis AT-RHE-0003
  67. Apostrophe AT-091-006
  68. Archaism AT-RHE-W0011
  69. Argumentatio AT-CORE-238-031
  70. Asteismus AT-HAR2-0006
  71. Asyndeton AT-HAR-0010
  72. Audience AT-CORE-239-048
  73. Auxesis AT-HAR6-0004
  74. Barbarism AT-RES6B-0012
  75. Bathos AT-103-002
  76. Battology AT-HAR2-0007
  77. Bdelygmia AT-HAR7-0001
  78. Benediction AT-HAR10-0003
  79. Blame AT-CORE-238-059
  80. Blessing AT-CORE-239-055
  81. Bomolochie AT-HAR2-0008
  82. Bomphiologia AT-172-0015
  83. Bon mot AT-CORE-242-012
  84. Brachiologia AT-HAR9-0016
  85. Brachylogy AT-HAR2-0009
  86. Cacophony AT-HAR2-0022
  87. Cacosyntheton AT-HAR2-0010
  88. Cacozelia AT-HAR7-0002
  89. Captatio benevolentiae AT-METZ2-0001
  90. Catabasis AT-HAR6-0005
  91. Catacosmesis AT-HAR8-0007
  92. Cataplexis AT-RHE-206-002
  93. Characterisation AT-NAV-G01-044
  94. Charientism AT-HAR-0011
  95. Chiasmus AT-RHE-0004
  96. Chleuasmos AT-HAR5-0015
  97. Chorographia AT-RHE-207-002
  98. Chreia AT-HAR9-0009
  99. Chronographia AT-HAR8-0017
  100. Cliché AT-CORE-239-028
  101. Climax AT-091-007
  102. Cohortatio AT-172-0009
  103. Commiseratio AT-RHE-206-004
  104. Commonplace AT-CORE-239-019
  105. Commoratio AT-HAR6-0006
  106. Comparison AT-CORE-238-027
  107. Concessio AT-HAR6-0007
  108. Condensation AT-CORE-244-025
  109. Conduplicatio AT-HAR9-0003
  110. Congeries AT-METZ2-0002
  111. Conglobatio AT-172-0003
  112. Conversio AT-METZ2-0004
  113. Copia AT-ADD-20261015-0006
  114. Correctio AT-HAR2-0011
  115. Deesis AT-RHE-210-003
  116. Dehortatio AT-HAR9-0017
  117. Deliberation AT-METZ2-0007
  118. Diacope AT-HAR7-0003
  119. Dialogismus AT-HAR8-0019
  120. Dialogue AT-NAV-G01-013
  121. Dialysis AT-RHE-206-003
  122. Diaphora AT-HAR2-0012
  123. Diaporesis AT-172-0016
  124. Diasyrmus AT-HAR5-0009
  125. Diatyposis AT-HAR2-0013
  126. Diazeugma AT-HAR6-0008
  127. Dicaeologia AT-172-0017
  128. Didactics and the design of teaching AT-ADD-20261020-0074
  129. Dikacity AT-HAR2-0014
  130. Dirimens copulatio AT-HAR9-0010
  131. Dispositio (rhetorical arrangement) AT-ADD-20261015-0026
  132. Dissimilitudo (comparison by difference) AT-ADD-20261015-0005
  133. Distinctio AT-CORE-239-012
  134. Distributio AT-HAR6-0009
  135. Dubitatio AT-METZ2-0012
  136. Dubitation AT-HAR-0012
  137. Ecphonesis AT-HAR7-0004
  138. Effictio AT-172-0004
  139. Ekphrasis AT-HAR10-0004
  140. Elocutio (rhetorical formulation) AT-ADD-20261015-0027
  141. Emphasis AT-NAV-G01-046
  142. Enallage AT-133-038
  143. Enargia AT-HAR7-0005
  144. Encomium AT-172-0005
  145. Enemy image AT-ADD-20261020-0044
  146. Energeia AT-RHE-207-001
  147. Enigma AT-CORE-239-013
  148. Entertainment AT-ADD-20261020-0145
  149. Enumeratio AT-RHE-253-001
  150. Epanalepsis AT-091-009
  151. Epanodos AT-HAR2-0015
  152. Epanorthosis AT-119-002
  153. Epibole AT-172-0018
  154. Epicrisis AT-HAR5-0010
  155. Epipher AT-091-010
  156. Epiphonem AT-HAR2-0016
  157. Epiphonema AT-HAR9-0020
  158. Epiphrasis AT-HAR10-0008
  159. Epiplexis AT-HAR8-0008
  160. Epiploce AT-172-0019
  161. Epitasis AT-HAR6-0010
  162. Epithet AT-HAR5-0016
  163. Epitimesis AT-172-0006
  164. Epitrochasmus AT-HAR8-0020
  165. Epitrope AT-HAR7-0007
  166. Epizeuxis AT-HAR2-0017
  167. Erotema AT-HAR2-0018
  168. Ethopoeia AT-172-0020
  169. Ethos AT-CORE-238-002
  170. Eucharistia AT-RHE-210-001
  171. Euche AT-172-0021
  172. Eulogia AT-RHE-210-002
  173. Eutrapelia AT-HAR5-0013
  174. Eutrepismus AT-HAR9-0004
  175. Evidentia AT-CORE-238-037
  176. Exclamatio AT-HAR2-0019
  177. Execration AT-HAR10-0009
  178. Exemplum AT-RHE-209-001
  179. Exercitatio (rhetorical practice) AT-ADD-20261015-0029
  180. Exergasia AT-HAR8-0009
  181. Exordium AT-CORE-242-021
  182. Expeditio AT-RHE-201-003
  183. Expolitio AT-HAR5-0002
  184. Exuscitatio AT-HAR9-0011
  185. Four operations of rhetorical change AT-ADD-20261015-0003
  186. Gnomic saying AT-CORE-239-022
  187. Gradatio AT-172-0002
  188. Gradation AT-CORE-242-027
  189. Hendiadys AT-103-003
  190. Hendiadys AT-HAR7-0013
  191. Historical-realia word AT-NAV-G03-021
  192. Homeoptoton AT-172-0022
  193. Homoioptoton AT-RHE-208-001
  194. Homoioteleuton AT-HAR7-0009
  195. Horismus AT-HAR6-0011
  196. Hypallage AT-HAR2-0020
  197. Hyperbaton AT-133-037
  198. Hyperbole AT-091-001
  199. Hypophora AT-119-003
  200. Hypotyposis AT-HAR7-0014
  201. Hypozeuxis AT-134-024
  202. Hysteron proteron AT-HAR2-0021
  203. Image description AT-CORE-242-011
  204. Imagination AT-NAV-G03-026
  205. Imitatio auctorum AT-ADD-20261015-0028
  206. Indignatio (rhetorical arousal of indignation) AT-ADD-20261015-0008
  207. Innuendo AT-NAV-G01-047
  208. Insinuatio (indirect rhetorical opening) AT-ADD-20261015-0007
  209. Intellectio (rhetorical task assessment) AT-ADD-20261016-0006
  210. Intensification AT-CORE-239-024
  211. Invective AT-NAV-G01-045
  212. Invention AT-OXD-0004
  213. Invocation AT-CORE-239-004
  214. Irony AT-RHE-0005
  215. Isocolon AT-HAR7-0006
  216. Isocolon AT-134-025
  217. Iteration AT-CORE-239-025
  218. Journalese AT-RES6B-0014
  219. Laconism AT-CORE-243-013
  220. Laudation AT-CORE-238-046
  221. Legal rhetoric AT-ADD-20261020-0135
  222. Licentia AT-HAR9-0012
  223. Literary synaesthesia AT-RHE-W0048
  224. Litotes AT-091-002
  225. Macrologia AT-172-0023
  226. Martyria AT-RHE-209-002
  227. Maxim AT-METZ5-0002
  228. Meiosis AT-METZ3-0005
  229. Mempsis AT-RHE-210-004
  230. Merismus AT-HAR6-0012
  231. Mesodiplosis AT-HAR9-0018
  232. Metabasis AT-HAR5-0011
  233. Metaphor AT-RHE-0002
  234. Metaphors of education and formation AT-ADD-20261020-0005
  235. Metaphors of sleep, dreaming and awakening AT-ADD-20261020-0007
  236. Metaphors of speaking things and data AT-ADD-20261020-0006
  237. Metastasis: shifting responsibility AT-ADD-20261020-0003
  238. Method of loci AT-ADD-20261020-0004
  239. Metonymy AT-091-004
  240. Modesty topos AT-ADD-20261020-0013
  241. Mycterismus AT-HAR5-0014
  242. Noema AT-RHE-206-005
  243. Nominal style AT-RES6-0009
  244. Nonsense AT-NAV-G01-008
  245. Oath AT-NAV-G01-012
  246. Obscuritas / textual obscurity AT-ADD-20261020-0142
  247. Obsecration AT-HAR11-0001
  248. Occupatio AT-HAR9-0005
  249. Onkos (stylistic amplitude) AT-ADD-20261015-0002
  250. Optatio AT-HAR9-0013
  251. Oxymoron AT-RHE-0001
  252. Paeanism AT-HAR11-0002
  253. Palinode AT-ADD-20261020-0163
  254. Paradiastole AT-HAR2-0023
  255. Paraenesis AT-HAR11-0003
  256. Paralipsis AT-METZ4-0002
  257. Parallelism AT-W3-0416
  258. Paramythia AT-HAR6-0013
  259. Parecbasis AT-172-0007
  260. Parechesis AT-HAR8-0010
  261. Paregmenon AT-HAR4-0014
  262. Parenthesis AT-HAR4-0001
  263. Parenthyrsos (misplaced pathos) AT-ADD-20261015-0010
  264. Paroemia AT-172-0024
  265. Paromoeosis AT-HAR4-0015
  266. Paronomasia AT-119-004
  267. Parrhesia AT-HAR5-0012
  268. Pars pro toto AT-CORE-243-026
  269. Pathos AT-CORE-238-005
  270. Percontatio AT-HAR4-0016
  271. Perculsio / threatening intimidation AT-ADD-20261020-0143
  272. Periphrasis AT-HAR4-0002
  273. Peristasis AT-HAR9-0006
  274. Peroration AT-CORE-243-029
  275. Persiflage (banter and mocking stylisation) AT-ADD-20261015-0023
  276. Personification AT-091-005
  277. Platitude AT-HAR11-0004
  278. Pleonasm AT-HAR4-0003
  279. Ploce AT-HAR7-0015
  280. Polyptoton AT-HAR4-0004
  281. Polysyndeton AT-HAR4-0005
  282. Praeteritio AT-134-039
  283. Pragmatographia AT-HAR8-0018
  284. Precation AT-HAR11-0005
  285. Probrum AT-HAR11-0006
  286. Procatalepsis AT-HAR4-0006
  287. Prodiorthosis AT-HAR5-0003
  288. Proecthesis AT-HAR8-0012
  289. Propositio AT-NAV-G01-038
  290. Prosapodosis AT-HAR6-0014
  291. Prosopographia AT-RHE-207-003
  292. Prosopopoeia AT-CORE-239-045
  293. Protherapeia AT-HAR11-0007
  294. Protrope AT-HAR8-0013
  295. Pseudo-apokoinu AT-HAR10-0011
  296. Psychagogy AT-HWRH-0002
  297. Punchline / pointed ending AT-NAV-G01-041
  298. Pysma AT-HAR4-0007
  299. Ratiocinatio AT-HAR4-0008
  300. Red herring AT-NAV-G01-014
  301. Relationstechnik: a report for deliberation AT-ADD-20261020-0032
  302. Repetition AT-CORE-238-008
  303. Repetition AT-CORE-238-051
  304. Rhetorical decorum AT-CORE-242-014
  305. Rhetorical delivery AT-CORE-242-002
  306. Rhetorical identification AT-ADD-20261020-0001
  307. Rhetorical parable (parabola) AT-RHE-209-004
  308. Rhetoricality AT-HWRH-0004
  309. Rogation AT-HAR11-0008
  310. Satire AT-HAR4-0009
  311. Scesis onomaton AT-HAR5-0004
  312. Schematismus AT-RHE-206-006
  313. Separatio AT-HAR11-0009
  314. Sermocinatio AT-HAR4-0010
  315. Significatio AT-CORE-239-057
  316. Simile AT-HAR10-0005
  317. Slogan AT-CORE-244-013
  318. Sociocultural animation / enabling participation AT-ADD-20261020-0146
  319. Solecism AT-RES6B-0008
  320. Style AT-CORE-244-019
  321. Sustentatio AT-HAR9-0019
  322. Syllepse AT-134-026
  323. Syllepsis AT-119-005
  324. Symperasma AT-HAR4-0017
  325. Symploce AT-HAR7-0008
  326. Synantesis (introverted repetition) AT-HAR11-0010
  327. Synathroesmus AT-HAR4-0011
  328. Synchoresis AT-HAR8-0014
  329. Synchysis AT-HAR5-0005
  330. Syncrisis AT-172-0008
  331. Syncrisis AT-METZ5-0004
  332. Synecdoche AT-091-003
  333. Synoeciosis AT-CORE-244-021
  334. Synonymia AT-HAR2-0026
  335. Synonymia AT-RES6B-0004
  336. Systrophe AT-HAR6-0015
  337. Tapinosis AT-HAR4-0018
  338. Tautacism AT-HAR11-0011
  339. Telegraphic style AT-DEP1-0014
  340. Thaumasmus AT-HAR8-0015
  341. The courtier AT-ADD-20261020-0118
  342. The grotesque AT-NAV-G01-007
  343. Tmesis AT-HAR4-0012
  344. Tongue twister (Glossorachie) AT-HAR10-0010
  345. Topographia AT-HAR8-0016
  346. Topos AT-METZ5-0006
  347. Topothesia AT-172-0025
  348. Travesty AT-HAR10-0012
  349. Tricolon AT-HAR5-0006
  350. Trope AT-METZ5-0007
  351. Unintended comic phrasing AT-RES6B-0009
  352. Whole for part AT-RES6B-0011
  353. Zeugma AT-133-036