Monday, August 12, 2019

Watch out for catachresis!

Yack, yack, yack.....

exordium = the beginning or introduction, especially of a discourse or treatise

peroration = the conclusion of a speech, usually intended to inspire enthusiasm

anacoluthon = a sentence with an unexpected grammatical sequence, for example "while in the kitchen, the phone rang."

catachresis = incorrect use of a word, for example, the use of mitigate for meditate

enthymeme = an argument in which a premise is not stated

metabole = a change or mutation