Did you walk into the city yesterday? No, I went into the country.
Did you walk into the city yesterday? No, I went the day before.
ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS.
Sometimes a word is emphasized simply to indicate the importance of the idea. This is called absolute emphasis.
EXAMPLES.
To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Woe unto you, PHARISEES! HYPOCRITES!
Days, months, years, and ages shall circle away.
REMARK.—In instances like the last, it is sometimes called the emphasis of specification.
RELATIVE EMPHASIS.
Words are often emphasized in order to exhibit the idea they express as compared or contrasted with some other idea. This is called relative emphasis.