You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it

Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it by notnaut on Thursday April 25, 2024 @09:30AM (#40157320)

Epanalepsis?

Chiasmus?

Why are all rhetorical devices given such arcane names?

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Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it by riskable on Thursday April 25, 2024 @09:45AM (#40157521)

> arcane names

That's why they're magic! If people used these words every day they'd end up starting fires or summoning demons.

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Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it by uoaei on Thursday April 25, 2024 @09:34AM (#40157374)

Rhetoric was invented in Greece

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Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it by InSteady on Thursday April 25, 2024 @01:15PM (#40160315)

Camorepticus?

Scremaèlitude?

We're just making up words at this point, right?

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Re:You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it by sn9 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @03:46PM (#40162131)

I think they're just Greek because we got them from the Greeks.

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