Prolepsis makes objections; then replies; And wisely thus anticipates surprise.
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Prolepsis
/pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs/
Synonyms for "prolepsis" (35 found)
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6 entriesconcept in rhetoricfigure of speechlinguistic deviceliterary devicenarrative techniquerhetorical device
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2 entriesflash forwardprocatalepsis
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6 entriesnarrative prolepsisprolepsis deviceprolepsis figureprolepsis theoryproleptic usagerhetorical prolepsis
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Point (1) seems to imply that one may have a false judgement because of a mismatch between different criteria for truth. For example, my sensation is paired with a prolepsis of a horse, therefore I make an assertion that ‘there is a horse’, which upon further inspection may turn out to be a cow.
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[…] [Edmund] Plovvden being of the Romiſh perſvvaſion, ſome Setters trapanned him (pardon the prolepſis) to hear Maſſe: But aftervvards Plovvden underſtanding, that the pretender to Officiate vvas no Prieſt, but a meer Lay-man (on deſigne to make a diſcovering) Oh! The caſe is altered quoth Plovvden: No Priest, no Maſſe.
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