Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In rhetoric, a figure which consists in anticipating and refuting objections which might be advanced by an opponent. Also written
antihypophora .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rhetoric A
device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it.
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For instance, the figure of anthypophora is the posing of questions that one then immediately answers, e.g.
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For instance, the figure of anthypophora is the posing of questions that one then immediately answers, e.g.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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