− | These four operations were detected by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_rhetoric classical rhetoric], and still serve to [[encompass]] the various figures of speech. Originally these were called, in [[Latin]], the four operations of quadripartita ratio. The ancient surviving text mentioning them, although not recognizing them as the four fundating principles, is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorica_ad_Herennium Rhetorica ad Herennium], of author unknown, where they are called ἔνδεια, πλεονασμός, μετάθεσις and ἐναλλαγή.[2] Quintillian then mentioned them in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutio_Oratoria Institutio Oratoria].[3] [[Philo]] of Alexandria also listed them as addition (πρόσθεσις), subtraction (ἀφαίρεσις), transposition (μετάθεσις), and transmutation (ἀλλοίωσις).[4]There are many examples of figures of speech. | + | These four operations were detected by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_rhetoric classical rhetoric], and still serve to [[encompass]] the various figures of speech. Originally these were called, in [[Latin]], the four operations of quadripartita ratio. The ancient surviving text mentioning them, although not recognizing them as the four fundating principles, is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorica_ad_Herennium Rhetorica ad Herennium], of author unknown, where they are called ἔνδεια, πλεονασμός, μετάθεσις and ἐναλλαγή.[2] Quintillian then mentioned them in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutio_Oratoria Institutio Oratoria].[3] [[Philo]] of Alexandria also listed them as addition (πρόσθεσις), subtraction (ἀφαίρεσις), transposition (μετάθεσις), and transmutation (ἀλλοίωσις).[4]There are many examples of figures of speech. |