Procatalepsis is a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it. By doing so, he hopes to strengthen his argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments before his audience can raise them.
now this one I really like, and will try and remember.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
much love martine
Did you reblog this one?? or am I loosing it?
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem to have been blogged before, Ian. I can therefore only conclude...
ReplyDeleteI really like this one too. But I'll never remember it! Ha! It will go in my word book though!
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