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anadiplosis - Repeating the last word of one clause or phrase to begin the next.anacoluthon - An abrupt change of syntax within a sentence.anacoenosis - A speaker asks his or her audience or opponents for their opinion or answer to the point in question.amplification - The act and the means of extending thoughts or statements to increase rhetorical effect, to add importance, or to make the most of a thought or circumstance.amplificatio - An all-purpose term for all the ways an argument can be expanded and enhanced.ambigua - An ambiguous statement used in making puns.alloisis - The breaking down of a subject into its alternatives.alloiosis - Interchange of characteristics.affectus - A term used by the Italian Humanists of the Renaissance to describe the source of emotions or passions in the human mind.aetiologia - Giving a cause or a reason.

aesthetics - The examination of symbolic expression to determine its rhetorical possibilities.

For example (from Rhetorica ad Herennium), "At the beginning, as follows: 'Fades physical beauty with disease or age.' At the end, as follows: 'Either with disease or age physical beauty fades.'"

adjunction - When a verb is placed at the beginning or the end of a sentence instead of in the middle.

acutezza - Wit or wordplay used in rhetoric.

accumulatio - The emphasis or summary of previously made points or inferences by excessive praise or accusation.

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The brief definitions here are intended to serve as a quick reference rather than a full definition.

This page explains commonly used rhetorical terms in alphabetical order. Rhetorical theory is a subject rife with jargon and special terminology.