ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

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