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Rhetorical devices



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hendiadys



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hendiadys PRONUNCIATION: (hen-DY-uh-dis)

MEANING: noun: A figure of speech in which two words joined by a conjunction are used to convey a single idea instead of using a word and its modifier.

Example: "pleasant and warm" instead of "pleasantly warm"

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin hendiadys, from Greek hen dia duoin (one by two). Earliest documented use: 1589.

USAGE:

'I compliment you on the superb hendiadys re: Julio.'"

John Fredrick; The King of Good Intentions; Verse Chorus Press; 2013.



See more usage examples of "'One good student and nice is Julio.''I compliment you on the superb hendiadys re: Julio.'"John Fredrick;; Verse Chorus Press; 2013.See more usage examples of hendiadys in Vocabulary.com's dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: There is a budding morrow in midnight. -John Keats, poet (1795-1821)





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