Rhetorical exclamation (epekfonesis, exclamation) - the reception of the transmission of the climax of feelings. It conveys various emotions of the author: surprise, delight, grief, joy, anger, etc. In writing, a rhetorical exclamation is usually a sentence ending with an exclamation mark. When reading rhetorical exclamations stand out intonationally.
What a summer, what a summer!
Yes, it's just witchcraft!- Fedor Tyutchev
Types of Rhetorical Exclamation
Types of rhetorical exclamations are:
- Aganactezis - a rhetorical exclamation expressing indignation
About times, about manners!
Original text (lat.)O tempora, o mores!- Latin dictum
Oh maid of all the rouge
Among the green mountains -
Germany!
Germany!
Germany!
Delight!- Marina Tsvetaeva
- Kataploka - a rhetorical exclamation in the form of a grammatically unrelated insert
Thirtieth anniversary
Union - hold on, villains!
I know your wrinkles
Defects, scars, teeth -
The smallest of notches!
(With teeth - since the verse did not go!)- Marina Tsvetaeva
See also
- A rhetorical question
- Rhetorical appeal