HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Antimetabole, Apophasis, Litotes
4 Oct 2018
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Rhetorical devices: antiphrasis, antiphrasis - (an ti phra sis; (cid:862)e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) the opposite(cid:863)(cid:895) usi(cid:374)g a (cid:449)ord to (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the opposite of what that word actually, denotes, ex. Lady gaga: mother monster and her little monsters (cid:862)iro(cid:374)(cid:455) of o(cid:374)e (cid:449)ord(cid:863) (cid:894)la(cid:374)ha(cid:373) 1(cid:1009)(cid:895) Litotes - (cid:894)li to tes; (cid:862)plai(cid:374)(cid:374)ess, si(cid:373)pli(cid:272)it(cid:455)(cid:863)(cid:895) deli(cid:271)erati(cid:374)g u(cid:374)derstati(cid:374)g or do(cid:449)(cid:374)-playing something (often in double-negatives) (cid:862)u(cid:374)derstate(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that i(cid:374)te(cid:374)sifies (cid:373)ore is u(cid:374)derstood tha(cid:374) is said e(cid:454)pressi(cid:374)g a thought (cid:271)(cid:455) de(cid:374)(cid:455)i(cid:374)g its (cid:272)o(cid:374)trar(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)95-6) ex. Litotes and hyperbole: hyperbole - (cid:894)h(cid:455) per (cid:271)o le; (cid:862)e(cid:454)(cid:272)ess, e(cid:454)aggeratio(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895) deli(cid:271)eratel(cid:455) o(cid:448)erstati(cid:374)g or up-playing something (the opposite of litotes) (cid:862)e(cid:454)aggerated or e(cid:454)tra(cid:448)aga(cid:374)t ter(cid:373)s used for e(cid:373)phasis self-(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious e(cid:454)aggeratio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)la(cid:374)ha(cid:373) I"(cid:373) so hu(cid:374)gr(cid:455) i (cid:272)ould eat a(cid:374) elepha(cid:374)t! "tis (cid:271)etter to eat to li(cid:448)e tha(cid:374) to li(cid:448)e to eat. Intended learning outcomes: now, at the end of this lesson, you should be able to, defi(cid:374)e (cid:862)rhetori(cid:272)(cid:863, describe a variety of rhetorical devices/figures of speech, start identifying rhetorical strategies (such as aristotelian appeals and rhetorical devices/figures.
