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] Allegoria, [45] Amara irrisio, [46] Ambiguitas, [33] Amphibologia, [33] Anacinosis, [55] Anaclasis, [60] Anadiplosis, [48] 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] 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] 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] 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] Exclamacio, [50] Execracio, [51] Exergasia, [93] Exornacion, [39] Expeditio, [54] Expolicion, [93] 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] | 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] |
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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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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