Auxesis (figure of speech)

Auxesis (Greek: αὔξησις, aúxēsis) is the Greek word for "growth" or "increase". In rhetoric, it refers to varying forms of increase:

hyperbole (overstatement): intentionally overstating a point, its importance, or its significance^[1]^[2]^[3]
climax (ascending series): a series of clauses of increasing force^[4]
amplification (rhetorical increase): extension or exaggerated, needless repetition of arguments to emphasize the point

References

^ Encarta World English Dictionary (1999)
^ The Times English Dictionary (2000)
^ OED 1st edition
^ Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University Silva Rhetoricae Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Encarta World English Dictionary (1999)

[2] The Times English Dictionary (2000)

[oed-3] OED 1st edition

[4] Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University Silva Rhetoricae Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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