Figure of thought

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A figure of thought is a type of rhetorical figure . In contrast to word figures (e.g. anaphors , ellipses , etc.), the thought figure is used to structure a train of thought (e.g. through questions, adverbs, antitheses ). While word figures relate to a word itself, figures of thought are particularly recognizable by a certain syntax ; this also includes sentence figures ( paratax , hypotax , parallelism , etc.).

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