Ecphonesis
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Ecphonesis
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Ecphonesis is an emotional, exclamatory phrase (exclamation) used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a rhetorical device that originated in ancient literature. A Latin example is "O tempora! O mores!". A modern example is "Young man!" from the song YMCA by the Village People. Edgar Allan Poe used ecphonesis in “The Tell-Tale Heart:” Other examples of ecphonesis include when Homer Simpson said "No! No-no-no-no-no-no! Well, yes." during The Simpsons episode "Homer The Heretic," and when the Scarecro
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Exclamatory phrase in poetry, drama, and song
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2023-11-22T12:23:39Z
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