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/ˈɛkfɹəsɪs/ · noun
(rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork..
One [trope] is ekphrasis, the literary description of a work of art, the most famous example of which may be the careful depiction of the shield of Achilles in book 18 of the Iliad.
Use ekphrasis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ekphrasis means (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork..
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One [trope] is ekphrasis, the literary description of a work of art, the most famous example of which may be the careful depiction of the shield of Achilles in book 18 of the Iliad.
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