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Anadiplosis
Definition

Definition- repetition of the last word of one clause at    the beginning of the following clause

 

Ex. "The crime was common, common be the pain."

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Anaphora
Definition

Definition- the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses

 

Ex. " We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills."

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Antimetabole
Definition

Definiton- repetion of words, in successive clauses, in reverse gramatical order.

 

Ex. "One should eat to live, not live to eat."

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Antithesis
Definition

Definition- the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often used in parallel structure

 

Ex. "What if I am rich, and another is poor-strong, and he is weak-intelligent, and he is benighted-elevated,and he is depraved? Have we not one Father? Hath not one God created us?"

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Apposition
Definition

Definiton- placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation of modification of the first

 

Ex. "The mountain was the earth, her home."

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Asyndeton
Definition

Definiton- deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clause

 

Ex. "I came, I saw, I conquered."

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Chiasmus
Definition

Definiton- reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses

 

Ex. "Exalts his enemies, his friends destroy."

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Climax
Definition

Definition- arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance

 

Ex. "Let a man acknowledge obligations to his family, his country, and his God."

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Ellipsis
Definition

Definition- deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context

 

Ex. "And he to England shall along with you."

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Enanalepsis
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Definiton- repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause

 

Ex. "Blood hath  brought blood, and blows: Strength match'd with strenght, and power confronted power."

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Epistrophe
Definition

Definiton- repetition of the smae word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses

 

Ex. "When we first came we were very many and you were few. Now you are many and we are getting very few."

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Hyperbole
Definition

Definiton- the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect

 

Ex. "It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days."

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Isocolon
Definition

Definiton- a scheme of parallel structute which occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only gramatical structure but also in length

 

 

Ex. "An envious heart makes a treacherous ear."

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Parallelism
Definition

Definition- similarity of structure in a pair or series of related word, phrases, or clauses

 

Ex. " So Janey waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time."

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Parenthesis
Definition

Defintion- insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentences

 

Ex. " And they went further and further from her, being attached to her by a thin thread (since they had lunched with her) which would stretch and stretch, get thinner and thinner as they walked across London; as if ones friends were atached to ones body."

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Polyptoton
Definition

Definiton- repetion of words derived from the same root

 

Ex. " We would like to contain the uncontainable future in a glass."

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Polysyndeton
Definition

Definiton- Deliberate use of many conjuntctions

 

Ex. "[I]t is respectable to have no illusions--and safe--and profitable--and dull."

 

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Rhetorical Question
Definition

Definition- question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.


Ex. "Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"

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Syntax 1.
Definition

1. constucts: functionl, grammatical, and rhetorical

    a. functional- declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory

    b. grammatical- simple, compound, complex, compund-complex

    c. rhetorical- periodic- and cumulative

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Syntax 2.
Definition

2. clauses- dependent and independent

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Analysis 
Definition

1. analysis vs. summary

2. steps in analysis

3. rhetorical choices- diction, suntax, imagery, figurative language, structure tone

 

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Argumentation
Definition

1. defned, refute, or qualify

2. argument terminology- claim, evidence, warrant

3. rhetorical triangle

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Conventions
Definition

1. underlining vs. quotation marks

2. capitalization, grammer, punctuation

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Tone Vocabulary
Definition

1. candid

2. enthusiastic

3. colloquial

4. condemnatory

5. outraged

6. hysterical

7. consoling

8. supportive

9. sympathetic

10. sneering

11. condescending

12. judgmental

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