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Meaning of ekphrasis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈɛkfɹəsɪs/

Definitions

A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.

countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Español écfrasis
Français ekphrasis
Italiano ecfrasi
Русский экфрасис
Svenska ekfras

Examples

“One [trope] is ekphrasis, the literary description of a work of art, the most famous example of which may be the careful depiction of the shield of Achilles in book 18 of the Iliad.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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