Nov 08 2008
Synathroesmus
Synathroesmus
Greek: collection
A list/grouping of adjectives or phrases about a particular noun. Usually as an attack, but also used in advertising often.
Similar adjectives : synonymia
Dissimilar adjectives: congeries
This is used to create a picture or feeling of a person. Often used climactically.
Why would you want to use it?
- Can be very effective to paint a picture of a person (either negatively or positively). When good traits juxtaposed against bad, can highlight goodness, badness, or humanness.
- Repetition emphasizes a certain trait, and drives it home. Will stand out to reader.
“The day was bright, shiny, and golden. Oh, how the sun shined that day.”
“He was a good-for-nothing, cheating, rotten, low-lying, yellow-bellied, two-faced coward.”
Media example: Selection from The Four Seasons book of poems.
(Options: Sonnet To Spring – Kay Ryan (47)
A July Afternoon by the Pond – Walt Whitman (95)
A Winter Twilight – Angelina Weld Grimke (223) )
