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Rhetorical Devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| #1 Epanalepsis | A figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence |
| #1 Epanalepsis example | "Next time there won't be a next time.", "Nothing can be created out of nothing", "men of few words are the best men" |
| #2 Conduplicatio | Figure of repetition in which the key word or words in one phrase, clause, or sentence is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases; repetition of a keyword over successive phrases or clauses. |
| #2 Conduplicatio example | "Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the humanity of the human being." |
| #3 Synecdoche | A figure speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |
| #3 synecdoche example | As in "Cleveland won by six runs"(meaning "Cleveland's baseball team") |
| #4 Metonymy | The substitution of the name of the attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant |
| #4 metonymy example | Suit for business executive, or the track for horseracing |
| #5 eponym | A person after which a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named; a name or noun formed after a person |
| #5 eponym example | You don't have to be Einstein to figure this out. Uncle Sam needs you to join the army. |
| #6 anaphora | The repetition in a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses |
| #6 anaphora example | In time the savage bowl sustains the yolk, in time all Haggard Hawks will stoop to lower, in time Smallwood just cleared the hardest Oak, in time the Flint is pierced was solved the shower. |
| #7 epistrophe | A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. Also known as epiphora. Contrast with anaphora |
| #7 epistrophe example | "Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly won't consent to speak to any of my friends. " |
| #8 Polyptoton | The stylistic scheme in which words derived from the same root are repeated |
| #8 Polyptoton example | Such as "strong" and "strength" holy and holiness, honor/honorable |
| #9 polysyndeton | Repetition of conjunctions in close succession |
| #9 polysyndeton example | We have ships and men and money |
| #10 apposition | A noun or pronoun that follows another and renames it |
| #10 apposition example | Helga, my first love, incited the riot within my heart. |
| #11. Asyndeton | The omission of conjunctions for a rushed effect |
| #11. Asyndeton example | This morning before school, I ate breakfast, brushed my teeth, got dressed, put on my shoes, fled out the door all in a matter of minutes. |
| #14 periodic sentences | Begins with a subordinate clause to create effect of anticipation |
| #14 periodic sentences example | Before you leave this room today, you must understand rhetorical devices and their effects. |
| #15 Cumulative (or loose) sentence | Begins with an independent clause and is followed by a subordinate clauses or phrases; contrast to periodic sentence |
| #15 Cumulative (or loose) sentence example | The dragonslayer inflamed outside the classroom as mrs Musso calmly taught her lessons within the thin walls, armored and defended only by the apprehension of bloodlust between the two future combatants. |
| #25 antithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas and balanced phrases; these create a definitive and systematic relationship between the two ideas. |
| #25 antithesis example | Many are called, but few are chosen. |
| #26 repetition | using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage, dwelling on a point for emphasis |
| #19 parallelism | the similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses; similar ideas are expressed using the same syntactic and grammatical structure. Ideas that have the same importance using the same grammatical structure. |
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