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Ask for help > stuck for an expression - what do you call this rhetoric feature?
stuck for an expression - what do you call this rhetoric feature?
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elderberrywine
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stuck for an expression - what do you call this rhetoric feature?
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dear colleagues, I �m momentarily stuck for an expression from the realm of rhetoric.
When speakers repeat things in sets of three, what do we call that?
(for example: "We move prosperity ahead. We move freedom ahead. And we move people ahead" - taken from a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger)
I don �t mean anapora, but particularly a set of three repeated or similar items.
Is it an expression having to do with "cluster"? I can �t for the life of me remember....
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8 Sep 2010
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ballycastle1
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I call it the rule of three too. It �s an Aristotelian expression. If it was good enough for him, it �s good enough for me! |
8 Sep 2010
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blunderbuster
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Professional presenters refer to it as the "rule of three." The psychology behind it is that, aparently, it gives people a satisfying sense of completeness.
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8 Sep 2010
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elderberrywine
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thanks a lot, rule of three sounds good though not as scholarly as anaphora, litotes or other figures of speech!
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9 Sep 2010
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