| Figure Name | prodiorthosis |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); Bullinger (1898) ("prodiorthosis; or, warning") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | warning |
| Etymology | Gr. "a preparatory apology" from pro "before" and diorthosis "a making straight, putting right;" from diorthoo "to make straight, set straight" |
| Type | Chroma |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
| Definition |
1. A statement intended to prepare one's audience for something shocking or offensive. An extreme example of protherapeia. (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. Something said to prepare for a shock. (Bullinger, 938) |
| Example |
1. Horatio here continues after just having told Hamlet that he saw the ghost of Hamlet's father the night before: |
| Kind Of | Omission |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | protherapeia |
| Notes | Unsure of 'type of'. Indicated omission because the figure omits the event or whatever it is that is shocking/offensive. |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |