Lecture
Distinctio (from Latin distinctio «differentiation») — a figure of speech (trope; a stylistic figure of amplification), through which an act of cognition is denoted, reflecting the objective difference between real objects and elements of consciousness («He who holds nothing in life dearer than life itself is unable to lead a life worthy of the name»).
In formal logic, distinctio is one of the logical devices that can be used in place of a definition.
a figure of speech (trope; a stylistic figure of amplification), through which an act of cognition is denoted, reflecting the objective difference between real objects and elements of consciousness («He who holds nothing in life dearer than life itself is unable to lead a life worthy of the name»).
| Figures of Speech | |
|---|---|
| Figures |
Adynaton • Allusion • Amplification • Anadiplosis • Anacoluthon • Anaphora • Antithesis • Antitheton • Apocope • Apostrophe • Attraction • Asyndeton • Hyperbaton • Homeoteleuton • Gradation (Climax, Anticlimax) • Distinctio • Zeugma • Isocolon • Nominativus pendens • Inversion • Correctio • Mesarchia • Polyptoton • Polysyndeton • Oxymoron • Parallelism • Paronomasia • Parcellation • Periphrasis • Pleonasm • Prolepsis • Retardation • Rhetorical question • Rhetorical exclamation • Rhetorical address • Symploce • Solecism • Tautology • Exact repetition • Aposiopesis • Chiasmus • Exergasia • Ellipsis • Emphasis • Epiphora |
| Tropes |
Allegory • Antiphrasis • Asteism • Antonomasia • Hyperbole • Dysphemism • Irony • Pun • Catachresis • Litotes • Meiosis • Metaphor • Metonymy • Personification • Pathos • Periphrasis • Sarcasm • Synecdoche • Simile • Euphemism • Epithet |
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