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| As disposition is to invento so is compositio verborum to electio verborum. Taking the words you know and making word choice. Then thinking how you want to put them together |
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| Varity maintains interest |
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| Main kernal of the sentence at the beginning and the subordinate material is at the end. ex. Mom went to the store. |
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| less direct, main kernal of sentence at the end. Hussling and bussling, stresses and tired, annoyed she heaved herself off the couch and went to the store. |
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| The kinds of questions you ask will ward what kind of answer you get in return. • Close-ended, open-ended, rhetorical, hypothetical |
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| The art of asking questions |
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| is a neglected art. pay attention to the number of questions you ask. Cyrano page 87 |
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| figures of speech: Quintilian, Gielow |
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| A form of speech artfully varied from common usage{Quintillian} • Polysyndeton: gr-nine-ly instead of greatly always one upping and exaggerating [Gielow] |
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| Why use figures of speech? |
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| to clarify To engage the audience. Figures of “thought” b/c our thoughts are in them |
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| Corbett's 6 figures of speech |
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Apposition: placing side by side two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first
• eg. John Morgan, the president of the book club, could not be reached by phone. |
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repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses
• The Lord sitteth above the water floods. The Lord remaineth a King forever. The Lord shall give strength unto his people. The Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. (Psalm 29) |
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a figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole
• Eg. part substituted for the whole:
o sail for ship, roofs for houses
• Eg. matter for what is made from it:
o Silver for money, steel for sword |
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Paronomasia: use of words alike in sound but different in meaning
• Eg. A Deceitful Seatful
• Eg. the end of the plain plane, explained |
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Examples: Three pairs
metaphor simile
Oxymoron antithesis
Litotes hyperbole |
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an explicit comparison
Eg. John is Christ-like |
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concise juxtaposition of opposites
Eg. Hateful love, cheap grace, etc |
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overstatement
Eg. very unique, above average, over-exaggerate |
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| understatment Eg. for a proposal: it’s not that I don’t love you… |
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Metaphor id understanding and experiencing one thing in terms of another.
Metaphors direct our thoughts and actions "time is money" |
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| Metaphors direct our thoughts and actions, many times we don't notice that we are talking in metaphors |
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| all metaphors are................ |
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| All metaphors are arguments by analogy |
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Metaphor is the cornerstone of meaning and thought
New Metaphors can have the power to define reality |
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Pupillary metapor are those we don't choose rather inherit.
Magistrai: are those we choose and live by. If we want to be more carful we will spend the time making new metaphors |
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Inverted Metaphor: saying such think such as the shell on the beach looks like the shell gas station sign when it should be the other way around
Mixed Metaphor: confuses more than clarify
Pupillary and magistrai |
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| • Not merely devices. The meaning is IN the metaphor |
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