LessonsConcluding the Classification of Simile: Mention, Omission, and Emphatic ForceQuiz

The concluding argument identifies two main causes of rhetorical intensification:
1. Omitting the respect removes the overt confinement of likeness to one stated property, apparently widening the association.
2. Omitting the particle replaces an explicit “like” with direct predication of the model to the subject.

The first concerns the scope of resemblance; the second concerns the force of predication. They are analytically distinct and may occur separately or together. A full analysis must describe the resulting effect, not merely label the omission.

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Two independent sources of intensification

Concluding the Classification of Simile: Mention, Omission, and Emphatic Force

The concluding argument identifies two main causes of rhetorical intensification:
1. Omitting the respect removes the overt confinement of likeness to one stated property, apparently widening the association.
2. Omitting the particle replaces an explicit “like” with direct predication of the model to the subject.

The first concerns the scope of resemblance; the second concerns the force of predication. They are analytically distinct and may occur separately or together. A full analysis must describe the resulting effect, not merely label the omission.