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
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
Examples of Aporia in Poems & Poetry An example of a poems with Aporia can be found in the work of William Shakespeare
Biblical aporia: "Then the steward said within himself, 'What shall I do?" from Luke 16 Aporia is an example of a rhetorical trope.
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
Examples Help - 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 understanding of this subject.
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Word association to convey emotion and mood.
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