erotema
erotema noun: the rhetorical use of questions, especially questions which strongly imply their own answer.
Noun
erotema (countable and uncountable, plural erotemas or erotemata)
- The rhetorical use of questions, especially questions which strongly imply their own answer.
- Since the simple question, though technically erotema, is scarcely a figure however, I leave it out of the discussion.1939, Peter MacNaughton Miller, The Rhetoric of Sidney's Arcadia, page 206
- Erotema probably occupies more space in Camm's writings than does any other single device.1977, Joseph A. Leo Lemay, Essays in Early Virginia Literature Honoring Richard Beale Davis, page 173
Examples of erotema in a sentence
- Here erotema is fused with the logical fallacy begging the question: for example , "Shall we let her pull the wool over our eyes?"1995, Pynchon Notes - Issues 32-35, page 17:
- The narrator's use of erotema would seem to be a frantic rhetorical attempt to encourage acceptance in his audience of the theory of perversity .2005, Brett Zimmerman, Edgar Allan Poe: Rhetoric and Style, page 211:
Forms of erotema
| plural | erotemas |
|---|---|
| plural | erotemata |
Words formed from erotema
Questions about erotema
- What does erotema mean?
- Erotema means the rhetorical use of questions, especially questions which strongly imply their own answer.
- How do you use erotema in a sentence?
- Here erotema is fused with the logical fallacy begging the question: for example , "Shall we let her pull the wool over our eyes?"
- What part of speech is erotema?
- Erotema is a noun.
- What is the plural of erotema?
- The plural of erotema is erotemas.
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