Bathos
51pathos — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. passion, warmth; sentiment, feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. poignancy, bathos, sentiment, desolation, woe, sadness, tenderness, sympathy, compassion, pity, sympathetic chord; see also emotion ,… …
52bathetic — adjective Etymology: bathos + etic (as in pathetic) Date: 1845 characterized by bathos • bathetically adverb …
53Pathos — (pronEng|ˈpeɪːθɒs) ( el. ) is one of the three modes of persuasion in rhetoric (along with ethos and logos). Pathos appeals to the audience s emotions. It is a part of Aristotle s philosophies in rhetoric. Not to be confused with bathos (βάθος)… …
54The Dunciad — Alexander Pope The Dunciad /ˈd …
55Climax (figure of speech) — In rhetoric, a climax (from the Greek κλῖμαξ klimax, meaning staircase and ladder ) is a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance. It is sometimes used with anadiplosis, which uses the… …
56Augustan prose — is somewhat ill defined, as the definition of Augustan relies primarily upon changes in taste in poetry. However, the general time represented by Augustan literature saw a rise in prose writing as high literature. The essay, satire, and dialogue… …
57Leonard Welsted — ( baptised June 3, 1688 August 1747) was an English poet and dunce in Alexander Pope s writings (both in The Dunciad and in Peri Bathos ). Welsted was an accomplished writer who composed in a relaxed, light hearted vein. He was associated with… …
58Augustan drama — [ riot at Covent Garden s Royal Theatre in 1762 over a rumored increase in ticket prices. Although drama declined in the Augustan era, it was still popular entertainment.] Augustan drama can refer to the dramas of Ancient Rome during the reign of …
59Antiklimax — Das rhetorische Mittel Klimax (altgriechisch κλίμαξ, wörtlich „Treppe“, „Leiter“) besteht aus einer stufenartigen Steigerung von Ausdrücken, d. h. aus einem Übergang vom weniger Bedeutsamen zum höchst Bedeutsamen, wodurch die Gesamtaussage… …
60Figurae per adiectionem — Die vier Änderungskategorien bezeichnen eine in der antiken Rhetorik übliche Einteilung von Stilmitteln in Kategorien: Dazu zählen figurae per adiectionem figurae per detractionem figurae per transmutationem figurae per immutationem Die Theorie… …
