Exclamatio
The exclamatio ( Latin for exclamation; Greek ἐκφώνησις ), also exclamation , is a rhetorical figure . It "consists in converting [...] a statement into an exclamation [...], which is usually accompanied by (often apostrophic [...]) vocatives [...]". The exclamation can express horror or shock at the current situation or for other reasons.
Examples
- Cicero : "O tempora, o mores!" (Translated: "Oh times, oh customs!") (From the first speech against Catiline )
- Gottfried August Bürger : “O mother, mother! It's gone! "(From Lenore )
- "He should live high!"
- "My God! When will something finally change! "
Web links
Wiktionary: Exclamation - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Lausberg : Elements of literary rhetoric. An introduction for students of classical, Romance, English and German philology. 10th edition. Max Hueber, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-19-006508-X , p. 146, § 446.