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Examples Help!
What is the
definition of Aporia?
How do you define Aporia? What is a Aporia? The word derives
from the Greek meaning"impassable path" The
definition of Aporia is as follows:
English Grammar &
Terminology
Definition of Aporia - a poetic device |
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Definition: Aporia is an
example of a rhetorical trope. A figure of speech in
which the speaker professes to be at a loss what
course to pursue, what to say, etc.
This rhetorical ploy can
make the audience sympathetic towards the speaker or
his dilemma |
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Definition of Aporia
- a poetic device |
Examples of Aporia in Poems
& Poetry
An example of a poems with Aporia can be found
in the work of William Shakespeare
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Biblical
aporia: "Then the steward said within himself, 'What
shall I do?" from Luke 16
Aporia is an example of a rhetorical trope.
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Soliloquy
from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
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Figures of Speech - Aporia
In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they
differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey
meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like
Aporia make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it
in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing
effectively. Figures of speech such as Aporia use word association
to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using
Aporia
Figures of
speech such as Aporia adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant
variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration,
exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and
luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts
and info about Figures of Speech will help with the
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