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Fancy Rhetorical Exs

AP Language and Composition Examples of Fancy Rhetorical Devices

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He talked about war games. "Games," however, seems an inappropriate term... Anadiplosis
Brad is deeply concerned to promote the proseperity of Brad. Epanalepsis
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin is a pleasure. Antimetabole
He was kind and loving as a friend, but as a parent, inefficient and disrespected. Chiasmus
Youth is a blunder; manhood is a struggle; old age is a regret. Ellipsis
Government of the people, by the people, for the people. Asyndeton
War is the enemy. War is the destroyer of culture. War is the murderer of children. Anaphora
we shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island... Extenede Parallelism
His confidence broken, his limbs shaking, his collar wet with perspiration, he doubted whether he could ever again appear in front of an audience. Periodic Sentence
She cares about two things- her cell phone and her boyfriend. Cumulative Sentence
The students-selfish, deceiful, and sadistic- were evidence of their parents' muddled values. Interrupted Sentence
Faulkner's imagery is richly evocative, but his syntax is often opaque. Balanced Sentence
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