Rhetorical Devices ARIZONA jEFFERSON

Anadiplosis

AN-e-di-PLOH-sis

definition: Reputation of the last words of a sentence are the beginning of the next sentence.

Example: "When we win; we win big"!

Anaphora

A-NA-FOR-A

Definition: repitition ofthe same word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.

Examples: "I am awake. I am ready. I am strong." "you is kind,You is smart, you is IMportant".

Assonance

as-so-nance

Definition: repitition of the same vowels in a sentence

Example: "Keep the peeps. Your fleet of sheep will give me enough of fleece".

Epanalepsis

ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis

DEFINITION: REPETITION OF THE FIRST WORD AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE

Example: "to each the boulders that have fallen to each".

Epistrophe

E-pis-tro-phe

Definition: the REPETITION of a word at the end of clauses or sentences.

Example: "I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

Expletive

Definition: A single word or phrase, that usually INTERRUPTS the normal speech, and also adds emphasis.

Example: The lask was not, in fact, in the exact spot taht the map showed.

Hypophora

HI-PAH-FOR-UH

definition: When a writer raises a question and then IMMEDIATELY answers it.

Exampe: You have enemies? Good; that meants you've stood for something sometime in your life.

Litotes

lie-toe-tez

Definition: Understatement that uses a negation to express a positive.

Example: "You're not as young as you used to be." (You're old.)

Metaphor

met-uh-four-

Definition: Compares two subjects without using "like" or "as.

Example: The light flows into the bowl of the midnight sly.

Metonymy

Mi-TON-UH-MEE

dEFINITION: Replaces the name of an object with the name of something else closely related.

Examples: "The prince is the next heir to take the crown."

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