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Bullinger's Figures of Speech Used in the Bible

Letter: A

AEnigma; or, Dark Saying
AEtiologia; or, Cause Shown
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E
Accismus; or, Apparent Refusal
Acrostichion; or, Acrostic
Affirmatio; or, Affirmation
Aganactesis; or, Indignation
Allegory; or, Continued Metaphor and Hypocatastasis
Amoebaeon; or, Refrain
Amphibologia; or, Double Meaning
Amphidiorthosis; or, Double Correction
Ampliatio; or, Adjournment: i.e., an Old Name for a New Thing
Anabasis; or, Gradual Ascent
Anachoresis; or, Regression
Anacoenosis; or, Common Cause
Anacoluthon; or, Non-sequence
Anadiplosis; or, Like Sentence Endings and Beginnings
Anaeresis; or, Detraction
Anamnesis; or, Recalling
Anaphora; or, Like Sentence-Beginnings
Anastrophe; or, Arraignment
Anesis; or, Abating
Antanaclasis: or, Word-Clashing
Anteisagoge; or, Counter-Question
Anthropopatheia; or, Condescension
Anticategoria; or, Tu Quoque
Antimereia: or, Exchange of Parts of Speech
Antimetabole; or, Counterchange
Antimetathesis; or, Dialogue
Antiphrasis; or, Permutation: i.e., A New Name for the Old Thing
Antiprosopopoeia; or, Anti-Personification
Antiptosis; or, Exchange of Cases
Antistrophe; or, Retort
Antithesis; or, Contrast
Antonomasia; or, Name-Change
Apocope; or, End-Cut
Apodioxis; or, Detestation
Apologue; or, Fable
Apophasis; or, Insinuation
Aporia; or, Doubt
Aposiopesis; or, Sudden-Silence
Apostrophe
Association; or, Inclusion
Asteismos; or, Politeness
Asteismos; or, Urbanity
Asterismos; or, Indicating
Asyndeton; or, No-Ands

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