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⚫ | '''Ecphonesis''' ({{lang-el|ἐκφώνησις}}) is an emotional, exclamatory phrase ([[wikt:exclamation|exclamation]]) used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a [[rhetorical device]] that originated in ancient literature. |
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A Latin example is [[O tempora o mores!|"O tempora! O mores!"]] ("Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!"). A modern example is "Young man!" from the song [[Y.M.C.A. (song)|YMCA]] by the [[Village People]]. |
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[[Edgar Allan Poe]] used ecphonesis in “[[The Tell-Tale Heart]]:” <blockquote>"Almighty God!--no, no! They heard!--they suspected!--they knew!--they were making a mockery of my horror!--this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now--again!--hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! "'Villains!' I shrieked, 'dissemble no more! I admit the deed!--tear up the planks! here, here!--It is the beating of his hideous heart!'"</blockquote>Other examples of ecphonesis include when Homer Simpson said "No! No-no-no-no-no-no! Well, yes." during ''The Simpsons'' episode "Homer The Heretic,"<ref>{{cite web|title=Homer The Heretic|url=http://simpsons-scripts.wikidot.com/homer-the-heretic}}</ref> and when the Scarecrow said "Oh joy! Rapture! I got a brain!" in ''The Wizard of Oz.''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wizard of Oz (1939) Quotes|website=[[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/quotes}}</ref> |
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[[Donald Trump]] used the expressions "Sad!" and "Wrong!" without elaboration throughout his 2016 US presidential campaign. |
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== In Eastern Orthodox Liturgy == |
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In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] many prayers are recited silently by the priest who "speaks to God face-to-face" according to St. [[Symeon of Thessaloniki]]. However, the closing words of such prayers are usually chanted aloud, especially at the closing of an [[ectenia|ectenia (litany)]], and those closing words are called an '''ecphonesis'''. |
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* In the [[anaphora (liturgy)|anaphora]] (eucharistic prayer), the prayer following the [[sanctus]] is said silently by the priest but its ending, the [[Words of Institution]], are intoned in a loud voice. |
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* [[List of Latin phrases: O#O tempora, o mores|"O tempora! O mores!"]] ("Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!") |
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* During most [[ectenia]]s the priest silently recites a prayer up to its last line and then, when the ectenia has concluded, he chants aloud that last line. |
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* "Young man!" from the song [[YMCA (song)|YMCA]] by the [[Village People]] |
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==References== |
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In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] an ecphonesis (ekphony) is a liturgical exclamation chanted aloud by a priest or deacon as part of a [[Ektenia|litany]] or at the end of a prayer. The ekphonesis is distinguished from the portions that are to be said silently. |
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Ecphonesis (Greek: ἐκφώνησις) is an emotional, exclamatory phrase (exclamation) used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a rhetorical device that originated in ancient literature.
A Latin example is "O tempora! O mores!" ("Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!"). A modern example is "Young man!" from the song YMCA by the Village People.
Edgar Allan Poe used ecphonesis in “The Tell-Tale Heart:”
"Almighty God!--no, no! They heard!--they suspected!--they knew!--they were making a mockery of my horror!--this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now--again!--hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! "'Villains!' I shrieked, 'dissemble no more! I admit the deed!--tear up the planks! here, here!--It is the beating of his hideous heart!'"
Other examples of ecphonesis include when Homer Simpson said "No! No-no-no-no-no-no! Well, yes." during The Simpsons episode "Homer The Heretic,"[1] and when the Scarecrow said "Oh joy! Rapture! I got a brain!" in The Wizard of Oz.[2]
Donald Trump used the expressions "Sad!" and "Wrong!" without elaboration throughout his 2016 US presidential campaign.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church many prayers are recited silently by the priest who "speaks to God face-to-face" according to St. Symeon of Thessaloniki. However, the closing words of such prayers are usually chanted aloud, especially at the closing of an ectenia (litany), and those closing words are called an ecphonesis.
Examples:
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