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Oct 18

Rhetoric of the Image : glossary

asyndeton: unconnected

agglutination: adhesion of parts

diegesis: narration or recitation

dysphoric: feeling of mental discomfort, malaise

metabolas: figures of the substitution of one signifier for another

parataxis: Juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually unrelated

parsimony: reluctance to unnecessarily spend money

paucity: fewness in number

retified: to regard somthing absract as if it were a concrete material thing

seme: a representaion or a sign

suprasemental: an effect of speech that extends over more than one segment or sound, such as lenght, stress, tone.