Rhetorical device: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "=== ad hominem === === apophasis === * also called "'''Paralipsis'''" * author mentions an argument or fact in order to deny it or to deny using it * also used to mention something indirectly * = a form of irony ** may be seen as a "passive-aggressive" argument *** in that it states something while apologizing for having stated it * examples: ** ''"But we won't talk about my opponent's disastrous married life"'' ** ''"It would be a breach of decorum to mention base m...") |
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** ''"It would be a breach of decorum to mention base morals such as she embodies"'' | ** ''"It would be a breach of decorum to mention base morals such as she embodies"'' | ||
* actual use of paralipses: | * actual use of paralipses: | ||
** during Prohibition (when sale of alcohol was banned), a grape juice company included this paralipsis on its grape concentrate packaging: | |||
*** "After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine." | |||
** during the 1984 presidential debates, Ronald Reagan, who was much older than his opponent, stated, | ** during the 1984 presidential debates, Ronald Reagan, who was much older than his opponent, stated, | ||
*** "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." | *** "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." | ||
* see [[wikipedia:Apophasis|Apophasis - Wikipedia]] | |||
=== paralipsis === | === paralipsis === | ||
Revision as of 16:33, 2 July 2022
ad hominem[edit | edit source]
apophasis[edit | edit source]
- also called "Paralipsis"
- author mentions an argument or fact in order to deny it or to deny using it
- also used to mention something indirectly
- = a form of irony
- may be seen as a "passive-aggressive" argument
- in that it states something while apologizing for having stated it
- may be seen as a "passive-aggressive" argument
- examples:
- "But we won't talk about my opponent's disastrous married life"
- "It would be a breach of decorum to mention base morals such as she embodies"
- actual use of paralipses:
- during Prohibition (when sale of alcohol was banned), a grape juice company included this paralipsis on its grape concentrate packaging:
- "After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine."
- during the 1984 presidential debates, Ronald Reagan, who was much older than his opponent, stated,
- "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."
- during Prohibition (when sale of alcohol was banned), a grape juice company included this paralipsis on its grape concentrate packaging:
paralipsis[edit | edit source]
- see Apophasis