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Auxesis (figure of speech)
Auxesis is the
Greek
word
for "growth" or "increase". In
rhetoric
, it refers to
varying
forms of increase:
hyperbole
:
intentionally
overstating
a point, its
importance
, or its
significance
climax
:
a series
of
clauses
of
increasing
force
amplificatio
:
extension
or
exaggerated
,
needless
repetition
of
arguments
to emphasize the point
In
ancient Greece
, it was also sometimes known as
auxanein
.
