Links in this section lead directly to the referenced word. In general, Greek-derived terms are in sidenotes, and Latin-derived terms are printed in different type. English terms appear either in the body text (generally uncapitalized) or as section headers.

Ablatio, [26]

Absissio, [27]

Abusio, [41]

Acyrologia, [32]

Adagium, [45]

Aenigma, [45]

Aenos, [93]

Aetopeia, [67],[69]

Allegoria, [45]

Amara irrisio, [46]

Ambiguitas, [33]

Amphibologia, [33]

Amplificacio, [70],[76]

Anacinosis, [55]

Anaclasis, [60]

Anadiplosis, [48]

Analogia, [37],[91]

Anangeon, [60]

Anastrophe, [31]

Antiphora, [53]

Antiphrasis, [46]

Antiptosis, [31]

Antisthecon, [28]

Antithesis, [56]

Antitheton, [56]

Antistrophe, [47]

Antonomasia, [44]

Apheresis, [26]

Apocope, [27]

Apophasis, [54]

Aporia, [54]

Apostrophe, [60]

Appositio, [26],[30]

Areia, [51]

Articulus, [57]

Aschematiston, [35]

Aschrologia, [34]

Asindeton, [59]

Astrothesiam, [69]

Astysmus, [46]

Auersio, [60]

Barbarie, [35]

Barbarismus, [36]

Bomphiologia, [61]

Cacosintheton, [35]

Cacozelia, [34]

Casus pro casu, [31]

Catachresis, [41]

Charactirismus, [66]

Charientismus, [46]

Chria, [93]

Chronographia, [69]

Circuicio, [44]

Circumstances of thynges, [83]

Climax, [58]

Colon, [57]

Commonplaces, [86]

Common rules, [92]

Communicacio, [55]

Compar, [57]

Comparison, [71],[75], [90]

Complexio, [47]

Composicion, [38]

Concepcio, [30]

Conclusio, [55]

Consicio, [27]

Construccion, [28]

Contentio, [56]

Contractio, [27]

Contraries, [76]

Contrarium, [56]

Conuersio, [47]

Correction, [70]

Cosmographie, [69]

Cumulatio, [35]

Deesis, [51]

Defectus, [31]

Definicio, [58]

Definicion, 45

Delecio, [28]

Description, [66],[69]

Dialisis, [55]

Dialogismus, [69]

Dialyton, [57]

Dianoias, [25]

Diasirmus, [61]

Diazeugma, [30]

Diccion, [26]

Dictio contrarium significans, [46]

Diminutio, [61]

Disiunctio, [30]

Dissectio, [31]

Dissimulatio, [45]

Dissolutio, [59]

Distribucion, [62]

Diuisio, [55]

Donysis, [68]

Dubitatio, [54]

Eclipsis, [31]

Ectasis, [27]

Effiguracion, [66]

Eleuacio, [61]

Eloquucion, [17]

Energia, [66]

Enthimeme, [93]

Enumeracio, [63]

Epanaphora, [47]

Epanodus, [48]

Epenthesis, [27]

Epergesis, [30]

Epilogus, [55]

Epiphonesis, [50]

Epiplexis, [51]

Epitrope, [55]

Erotema, [52]

Erotesis, [51]

Etymologie, [45]

Euche, [51]

Exaggeration, [71]

Example, [74], [75],[88]

Exclamacio, [50]

Execracio, [51]

Exergasia, [93]

Exornacion, [39]

Expeditio, [54]

Expolicion, [93]

Extensio, [27], [37]

Extenuatio, [61]

Faute (fault), [32];

obscure, [32];

inordinate, [34];

barbarous, [35]

Festiua urbanitas, [46]

Ficcion, [72]

Frequentacio, [50]

Fygure, of scheme, [25];

of diccion, [26];

of words, [26];

of construction, [28];

rethoricall, [47];

of sentences, [62]

Garnyshyng, [38]

Geographie, [69]

Graciosa nugatio, [46]

Gradacio, [58]

Homiologia, [33]

Homioptoton, [58]

Homotelento, [58]

Humiliatio, [34]

Hyperbaton, [30] (last line)

Hyperbole, [71]

Hypozeugma, [29]

Hysterologia, [31]

Icon, [91]

Image, [91]

Improprietas, [32]

Inconueniens structura, [36]

Increase, [71]

Increpacio, [51]

Indicacio, [92]

Iniunctio, [29]

Inordinate, [34]

Intellectio, [42]

Interpositio, [27], [31]

Interrogacio, [51]

Inuencion, [77];

proposicions, [77];

artificial proues, [78];

unartificial proues, [79,80];

circumstances of thynges, [83];

commonplaces, [86]

Ironia, [45]

Isocolon, [57]

Iunctio, [29]

Lexeos, [25], [26]

Liptote, [61]

Littera pro littera, [28]

Macrologia, [34]

Mala affectatio, [34]

Male collocatum, [35]

Male figuratum, [35]

Media iunctio, [29]

Membrum oracionis, [57]

Mesozeugma, [29]

Metabasis, [59]

Metalepsis, [41]

Metaphora, [40]

Metonomia, [42]

Mimisis, [69]

Miosis, [61]

Morall sentence, [92]

Mouth of God, [93]

Mycterismus, [46]

Necessum, [60]

Nominis communio, [49]

Obscure, [32]

Obtestacio, [51]

Occupatia, [59]

Oictros, [68]

Orismus, [58]

Parable, [90]

Paralepsis, [59]

Paremia, [45]

Parenthesis, [31]

Particio, [62]

Pathopeia, [68],[69]

Periergia, [33]

Periphrasis, [44]

Perissologia, [32]

Permissio, [55]

Pistis, [78]

Pleonasmus, [32]

Postiunctio, [29]

Preassumpcio, [27]

Preiunctio, [29]

Prepostera loquutio, [31]

Presozeugma, [29]

Presumpcio, [28]

Probacions, [78]

Prolepsis, [28]

Pronominacio, [44]

Proparalepsis, [27]

Proportio, [37]

Proposicions, [77]

Proprietie, [37]

Prosapodosis, [53]

Prosopographia, [66]

Prosopopeia, [66], [67], [69]

Prosthesis, [26]

Prouerb, [93]

Proues (proof), [78-90]

Raciocinatio, [52]

Reasonynge, [76]

Reduplicatio, [48]

Refractio, [60]

Repeticio, [47];

inutilis, [33]

Rethoricall, figures, [47];

diuision, [62]

Reuersio, [31]

Sarcasmus, [46]

Scheme, [3], [25];

faute of, [32];

vertue of, [37]

Sedulitas superflua, [33]

Sentence, figures of, [62]

Sermo, superfluus, [32];

ubique sui similis, [33];

obscurus, [45]

Silepsis, [30]

Similiter cadens, [58];

desinens, [58]

Similitudes, [74]

Sinathrismus, [50]

Sinonimia, [49]

Sinthesis, [38]

Solecismus, [36]

Soraismus, [35]

Style, kinds, [21];

greate, [22];

small, [23];

meane, [24]

Subsannatio, [46]

Subiectio, [53]

Superabundancia, [32]

Sygnes, [45], [79]

Symeia, [79]

Symploce, [47]

Syncope, [27]

Synecdoche, [42]

Synolephe, [28]

Systole, [27]

Tapinosis, [34]

Tacite objectioni responsio, [53]

Tasis, [37]

Tautologia, [33]

Tmesis, [31]

Topotesia, [69]

Traduccio, [48]

Transgressio, [30]

Transicio, [59]

Translatio, [40]

Transposicio, [28]

Transsumptio, [41]

Tropes, [3], [39-46]

Turpis loquutio, [34]

Verborum bombus, [61]

Votum, [51]

Worde, [26];

compound, [19];

simple, [19]

Zeugma, [29]

[ Dedication]

To the ryght worshyp
ful Master Thomas Brooke
Esquire, Rychard Shyrrey
wysheth health euer-
lastynge.

[ Figures and Tropes]

¶ A briefe note of eloquciõ, the third
parte of Rhetoricke, wherunto
all Figures and Tropes be
referred.

[Notes on the Text]

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