Conclusio

Explanation

Conclusio can mean a logical conclusion or a rhetorical close. From symperasma, the relevant connection is a summarising movement that condenses preceding material. The label remains broader than an unambiguous synonym for that particular figure.

Movement of thought

1. Attend to the originating link. 2. Identify logical or rhetorical use. 3. Locate the material being recalled. 4. Separate summary from additional proof. 5. Name the resulting closure.

Example

“Three appointments, three empty rooms: our planning cannot continue this way” gathers earlier details into a final judgement.

Counter-test

A sentence happening to come last is not necessarily a summarising figure.

Scientific use case

Rhetorical analysis can distinguish recapitulation, evaluation and appeal in a closing passage.

Effect

Scattered observations appear as a joint result.

Resonance

Earlier details return in a condensed echo.

Distinction

Distinguish logical conclusion and peroration as a speech part; no global alias rule is warranted.

Sources

• Burton · Silva Rhetoricae · peroratio

  Funktionen des Redeschlusses

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• Gideon O. Burton · Silva Rhetoricae · symperasma

  Definition, related figures, primary-source references

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