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Donatus, de tropis
Thirteen types of tropes metaphor, catachresis, metalepsis, metonymy, antonomasia, epitheton, synecdoche, onomatopoeia, periphrasis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, allegory, and homoeosis.
Errors
From Donatus, 12 types of errors: barbarism, solecism, acyrologia, cacemphaton, pleonasm, perissology, macrology, tautology, eclipse, tapinosis, cacosyntheton, and amphiboly
General Bibliography
One hundred-forty item bibliography on Rhetoric from Greek 701: Prose Style at CUNY. Modern and ancient authorities cited.
Greek Sentence Structure
Although the author eschews trope collecting. next time an editor inserts unnecessary words, use this site to justify your isokolon and kommata.
Isocrates: Against the Sophists
The text in English, from the Perseus project begins by criticizing educators for making vain promises.
Linguistic Phenomena/Devices
Twenty-seven lesser known but commonly used terms, including aphaeresis, diaeresis, hendiadys, litotes, and pleonasm.
Silva Rhetoricae
The forest of rhetoric includes "trees" on Situation (kairos and decorum), Appeals, Branches of Oratory, Canons, Ability, Pedagogy, and General Strategies, using clear historical examples.

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