Semnan University Press Journal Of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies 2008-9570 6 12 2016 01 21 Half-truth rhetoric and its differences with justification and allusion Half-truth rhetoric and its differences with justification and allusion 103 116 2302 10.22075/jlrs.2017.6635. FA Fatemeh Sahraie Mashhad University-Farhangian Journal Article 2015 11 26 The present paper aims at familiarizing the readers with the "amphibology" as one of the exquisite figures of speech and describing its difference with justification and allusion. To this purpose, by investigating rhetorical and linguistic books the beauty of this figure of speech and its importance in literary speech were demonstrated and then a brief report of half-truth application in the history of rhetoric, its semantics and types were described. The differences of half-truth with justification and allusion from scholars' viewpoints were addressed and finally the beauty of this figure of speech was demonstrated by providing some examples of literary and historical stories related to amphibology. <br />  <br /><strong> </strong> The present paper aims at familiarizing the readers with the "amphibology" as one of the exquisite figures of speech and describing its difference with justification and allusion. To this purpose, by investigating rhetorical and linguistic books the beauty of this figure of speech and its importance in literary speech were demonstrated and then a brief report of half-truth application in the history of rhetoric, its semantics and types were described. The differences of half-truth with justification and allusion from scholars' viewpoints were addressed and finally the beauty of this figure of speech was demonstrated by providing some examples of literary and historical stories related to amphibology. <br />  <br /><strong> </strong> https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_2302_4629eda5c381181df5159c7b0960d230.pdf