Accumulatio
Sign in to saveAccumulatio is a figure of speech, part of the more general group of enumeratio, in which the statements made previously are presented again in a compact, forceful manner. Accumulatio describes a gathering of either praise or criticism to emphasize previous discourse. It often uses a climax for the summation of a speech.
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Accumulatio is a figure of speech, part of the more general group of enumeratio, in which the statements made previously are presented again in a compact, forceful manner. Accumulatio describes a gathering of either praise or criticism to emphasize previous discourse. It often uses a climax for the summation of a speech.
The word is Latin, from a verb meaning "to amass" or "heaping up".