Epiplexis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epiplexis \Ep`i*plex"is\, n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to
     strike at, reprove; 'epi` + ? to strike.] (Rhet.)
     A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an
     elegant kind of upbraiding.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epiplexis
       n : a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the
           audience in order to incite or convince them