Auxesis (Greek: αὔξησις, aúxēsis) is the Greek word for "growth" or "increase". In rhetoric, it refers to varying forms of increase:

  • hyperbole (overstatement): intentionally overstating a point, its importance, or its significance[1][2][3]
  • climax (ascending series): a series of clauses of increasing force[4]
  • amplification (rhetorical increase): extension or exaggerated, needless repetition of arguments to emphasize the point

See also

References

  1. Encarta World English Dictionary (1999)
  2. The Times English Dictionary (2000)
  3. OED 1st edition
  4. Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University Silva Rhetoricae Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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