04.06. Figures Involving Addition
FIGURES INVOLVING ADDITION
WE now come to the second great division of our subject, viz., figures which depend, for their new form, on some addition, either of words or of sense. In the one case, only the words are affected, by their repetition in various forms and ways. In the other, the addition is made to the sense by the use of other words.
These all come under the head of Pleonastic Figures; just as the first division included all Elliptical Figures.
All these various forms of repetition and addition are used for the purpose of attracting our attention, and of emphasizing what is said, which might otherwise be passed by unnoticed. When we reflect that no error in composition is more readily made than the undue repetition of words, called Tautology, it is remarkable that there are more than forty different ways of repeating words used by the Holy Spirit: over forty legitimate modes of breaking the law which governs the use of language; and of repeating words, in such a way that not only is there no tautology, but beauty is added to the composition and emphasis given to the sense.
Under this division come all the forms of repetition, either of letters, words, sentences, or subjects; which may be thus classified:- Figures involving Repetition and Addition I.Affecting Words.
1.Repetition of letters and syllables. a.The same letters. b.Different letters.
2.Repetition of the same word. a.In the same sense. b.In a different sense.
3.Repetition of different words. a.In a similar order (but same sense). b.In a different order (but same sense). c.With a similar sound (but different sense). d.With a different sound (but similar sense).
4. Repetition of sentences and phrases.
5. Repetition of subjects (Correspondence).
II. Affecting the Sense.
1. By way of Repetition.
2. By way of Amplification.
3. By way of Description.
4. By way of Conclusion.
5. By way of Interposition.
6. By way of Argumentation.
We will now consider the various Figures which come under these various heads: