Epiploce

Related Terms:

circumstance climax figure of speech gradation

Noun

Definition: A figure of speech by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e.g. "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them."

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