Accumulatio 1532831 223701825 2008-07-05T10:01:44Z Goregore 7269008 iw +[[ja:列叙法]] '''Accumulatio''' is a [[figure of speech]], in which the points made previously are presented again in a compact, forceful manner. It often employs the use of [[Climax (figure of speech)|climax]] in the summation of a speech. The word is from the Latin, and means "to amass." ==Examples== *"Your organization, your vigilance, your devotion to duty, your zeal for the cause must be raised to the highest intensity." [[Winston Churchill]], ''Speech'', 14 July 1941. (This sentence comes after a lengthy passage in which Churchill warns the public that their courage and effort are still needed to defeat the enemy). *"He is the betrayer of his own self-respect, and the waylayer of the self-respect of others; covetous, intemperate, irascible, arrogant; disloyal to his parents, ungrateful to his friends, troublesome to his kin; insulting to his betters, disdainful of his equals and mates, cruel to his inferiors; in short, he is intolerable to everyone." (''Suae pudicitiae proditor est, insidiator alienae; cupidus intemperans, petulans superbus; impius in parentes, ingratus in amicos, infestus cognatis; in superiores contumax, in aequos et pares fastidiosus, in inferiores crudelis; denique in omnes intolerabilis.'') Attributed to [[Cicero]], ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', IV.52 ==See also== *[[Climax (figure of speech)|Climax]] *[[Figure of speech]] [[Category:Rhetorical techniques]] [[de:Accumulatio]] [[fr:Accumulation (rhétorique)]] [[it:Accumulazione]] [[ja:列叙法]] [[nl:Accumulatio]] [[pl:Nagromadzenie]]