congeries

rhetoric

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Congeries, in rhetoric, refers to an accumulation of statements or phrases that essentially convey the same meaning. It is a figure of speech that can be considered a structural element within discourse. This term is also used more generally to describe a collection or mixture of various things, similar to a hodgepodge or conglomeration.12

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rhetoric
Elements of rhetoric
…be, that is the question”), congeries (an accumulation of statements or phrases that say essentially the same thing), apostrophe (a turning from one’s immediate audience to address another, who may be present only in the imagination), enthymeme (a loosely syllogistic form of reasoning in which the speaker assumes that any…
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…be, that is the question”), congeries (an accumulation of statements or phrases that say essentially the same thing), apostrophe (a turning from one’s immediate audience to address another, who may be present only in the imagination), enthymeme (a loosely syllogistic form of reasoning in which the speaker assumes that any…
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