2017年3月3日 · One example of circumlocution for the word bed for example is "a structure in your room which you sleep on." Circumlocution is essentially a method of explaining a word's definition in detail while not using that word. It can be used specifically if you have forgotten a word in another language and are attempting to tell people what you are referring to. One …

2016年6月7日 · Circumlocution is when you want to discuss something, but don’t want to make any direct reference to it, so you create a way to get around the subject. There are different ways of expressing yourself in the English language - you can be direct, indirect, flowery, poetic, etc... Circumlocution, or the ability to refer to something in a roundabout way without actually directly …

2017年1月28日 · What are some circumlocution communication strategies? English Grammar English Composition Literary Devices.

For example "burning fire" is a pleonasm. As is "redundant pleonasm". Cicumlocution is the use of more words than necessary to get a point across and is typically used to be vague or evasive. And a plethora is a giant amount. So I guess "plethoric circumlocution" means even more words than necessary or perhaps being even more vague or evasive.

2016年10月10日 · Circumlocution is the use of many words when the less would be better. It's like telling a story, but babbling on and on instead of just getting to the point. So, an antonym would be (n.)conciseness or (adj.)concise, which means expressing or covering much in few words

A few thoughts... Here are some possible uses: To deliberately slow down the pace, forcing the reader to spend time thinking about what is actually being said. To obfuscate uncomfortable subject matter. As a form of diplomatic language, making …

Mollify: Altercation :: C. soothe : dispute These are pairs of synonyms. Mollify = soothe Altercation = dispute ...

2016年9月13日 · How do you pronounce "circumlocution"? English Grammar English Composition Literary Devices. 1 Answer ...

2018年2月19日 · Periphrasis is the use of excessive and long words to convey a meaning which could have been said with much more brevity. It is important to not that periphrasis is a type of circumlocution, or roundabout and indirect way of speaking, but circumlocution is not always periphrasis. Periphrasis is used to embellish sentences by creating vivid effects to draw the …

2016年5月23日 · It means going round and round the central point of a conversation or discussion. In this sentence the person making the statement does not understand what the woman is saying because she takes so long to get to the point, which she in fact may never reach, that the point itself and any understanding is lost.