Auxesis

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 * Definition:: **

 A gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance.


 * Origin:: **Latin from Greek: increase from to increase,  grow.


 * See also:: **Anadiplosis; climax

Definition taken from ( http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/auxesisterm.htm)


 * Examples ** from text:

1) An example of auxesis is displayed numerous times in the game "Silent Converstion". The inventor of the game strategically places words to add emphasis and importance to them. For example if a story is talking about walking up the stairs, the words would be placed going in an upward position as a staircase. Another way the Silent Conversation adds emphasis to words is through movements. The powerful words move towards you and words like "rabbit" in Alice in Wonderland race across the screen to give them a meaning of importance.

2) Auxesis is used many times in the story //Not That I Care// by Molly Reid. For instance the author states "When Marcus left, he left behind a pair of dirty socks, one hiding under the bed and one right in plain sight, curled into itself and getting smaller everyday, like a sad little salted slug" (Reid).

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