Colon (rhetoric)
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A '''colon''' (Greek {{polytonic|κῶλον}}, ''pl.'' cola) is a [[rhetorical figure]] consisting of a [[clause]] which is grammatically, but not logically, complete. In [[Latin language|Latin]], it is called a ''membrum'' or ''membrum orationis''.
Sentences consisting of two cola are called ''dicola''; those with three are ''[[tricolon|tricola]]''. The corresponding adjectives are ''dicolic'' and ''tricolic''; ''colic'' is not used in this sense.
An [[isocolon]] is a sentence composed of cola of equal syllabic length.
==External references==
* [http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/C/colon.htm Colon]: Part of a [http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/ glossary of classical rhetorical terms].
* [http://bible.ovc.edu/terry/dissertation/4_1-particle.htm 'The Colon as Linguistic Sentence'], section of a dissertation on rhetoric discussing the nature of the colon.
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