SORITES+CRESCENDO  

珠連法﹣趨上 Traditionally: auxesis, governed by the famous "Gesetz der wachsenden Glieder".

Hypernym
  • SORITESCLIMAX where the members are conditional clauses: if x then y; if y then z; ... ... An ANADIPLOSIS-MULTIPLE or CLIMAX consisting of a series of conditionals in which the apodosis of the preceding conditional regularly is repeated as the protasis of the succeeding conditional.
    • CLIMAXCRESCENDO of the form /...x/ x...y/ y...z/ where x,y and z are on a rising scale of stylistic weight. 連續末、端同字增益法 /...x/ x...y/ y...z/ where x,y and z are on a rising scale of stylistic weight. Compare SORITES.
      • CRESCENDORHETORICAL STYLE in which the constituents of a clause, sentence, or paragraph have progressively increasing weight so that the last member in particular is the intended as the most important.
        • RHETORICAL STYLE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE which is mainly concerned with matters of style of presentation rather than distribution of expressions or semantic structure.
Rhetorical device locations: 6
  • 韓非子 徭役多則民苦, 民苦則權勢起 權勢起則復除重 復除重則貴人富
  • 韓非子 人有福, 則富貴至 富貴至 則衣食美 衣食美 則驕心生 驕心生 則行邪僻而動棄理
  • 韓非子 夫能有其國, 保其身者 必且體道 體道 則其智深 其智深 則其會遠 其會遠 眾人莫能見其所極
  • 韓非子 故不得不化; 不得不化 故無常操 無常操 是以死生氣稟焉 萬智斟酌焉 萬事廢興焉

    Here the connectives are 故,是以 .

  • 韓非子 務致其福; 務致其福 則事除其禍 事除其禍 則思慮熟 思慮熟 則得事理 得事理 則必成功 必成功 則其行之也不疑
  • 道德經 重積德 則無不克 無不克 則莫知其極 莫知其極 可以有國 有國之母 可以長久

    Note how this SORITES links in a preceding closely similar rhetorical form.