: Re: I'm trying to identify a literary device in formal rhetoric Plainly put, I am writing a commentary on the book of Galatians, while employing a socio-rhetorical analysis. The writer introduces

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A starting point for research could be in the term "cognitive dissonance." Defined from Merriam-Webster dictionary:

psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously

This term doesn't describe the style of argument, but it does, possibly, describe the results of the Galatians Apostle's argument.

A second idea: during my English class while earning my Bachelor's degree, I had a professor who used "diptych" in a literary manner. Again from Mirriam-Webster:

1: a 2-leaved hinged tablet folding together to protect writing on its waxed surfaces
2 : a picture or series of pictures (such as an altarpiece) painted or carved on two hinged tablets
3 : a work made up of two matching parts

The way my professor used "diptych" most aligns with definition 3) -- the professor used the term to describe two figures, characters, places or things, which were similar in some way, yet were also distinctly different. Putting the two figures into comparison with each other was a "diptych," and through analysis of it, new insights could be gained. Perhaps this will assist?

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