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| 14956068209 | Chaismus | grammatical structure of the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words Ex: "And so, my fellow citizens, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" | 0 | |
| 14956077557 | Anithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas Ex: "Our knowledge separates as well as unites; our orders disintegrate as well as bind; our art brings us together as well as sets us apart" | 1 | |
| 14956094779 | Asyndeton | conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose of writing Ex: "I came, I saw, I conquered" "We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground" | 2 | |
| 14956107910 | Polysndeton | The use of many conjunctions to make the writing slower and more methodical Ex: "when the older boys played their mandolins and the girls sang and....and....and" | 3 | |
| 14956121073 | Parallelism | expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures Ex: I read, slept, and ran I went biking, hiking, and running | 4 | |
| 14956126739 | Apposition | The placing next to a noun or noun phrase that further explains it (nonessential information) Ex: Rhea, the girl who hated homework, went to sleep. | 5 | |
| 14998723657 | Trope | Not one rhetorical strategy, but a category of many. They involve changes to the meanings of words or phrases. Ex: pun, metaphor simile, personification, etc. | 6 | |
| 14998732129 | scheme | Not one rhetorical strategy, but a category of many. These are alterations to the arrangements and structure of the words, ideas, or phrases. Ex: parallelism, apposition, chiasmus, anaphora, etc. | 7 | |
| 14998746824 | Loose sentences | when the main idea comes first, and the subordinate clause is at the end of the sentence. any supplementary info or modifiers can be stopped at various points and still be a complete sentence. Ex: He decided to study English even though his passion was farming. | 8 | |
| 14998759032 | periodic sentence | main idea comes after, subordinate Claus comes first. subject is not known till the end of the sentence. Ex: Even though his passion was farming he decided to study English. | 9 | |
| 14998788295 | Balanced Sentence | Sentence is made up of two segments that are equal, not only in length, but also in grammatical structure, meaning, and importance. Ex: Every man has the right to utter what he thinks is truth, and every other man has the right to knock him down for it. Two independent clauses and two subordinate clauses are balanced. | 10 | |
| 15033421726 | Zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words when it is appropiate to only one of them or is appropriate to each in different ways. Ex: -He held his temper, and her hand -You are free to execute your laws and citizens as you wish -On his fishing trip, he caught three trouts and a cold *Trout and cold do not have anything to do with each other, they are used in completely different ways. | 11 | |
| 15033511544 | Anastrophe | Word order (syntax) in a sentence or clause is rearranged from the usual. Ex: Above the people he stood *Instead of he stood above the people Ex: Into the lake jumped the dog *Instead of the dog jumped into the lake | 12 | |
| 15033553965 | Hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration for emphasis "Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets" | 13 | |
| 15033587758 | Symbolism | A literal and sensuous quality or item representing an abstract or suggestive aspect Three types of symbolism: Conventional-Cross is a symbol of Christianity. Many societies believe this. If someone were to carry the cross around, everyone would know what it represents. Natural-Light=truth (the item naturally contains the quality it symbolizes) Light is part of nature. Private-The Scarlet Letter (this is only a meaning for some or a single society) another example would be the Rutgers symbol. | 14 | |
| 15371015607 | Anadiplosis | the rhetorical repetition of the word or phrase that ends one phrase at the beginning of the next phrase. Ex: Spare me your words; words are not what I need" | 15 | |
| 15371034264 | Polyptoton | rhetorical repetition of the same word root in which the word is repeated in different case, numbers, genders, parts of speech, and the like. Ex: "Love is not love which alters when alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove." | 16 | |
| 15371308095 | Tone | a writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. TO MISINTERPRET TONE IS TO MISINTERPRET MEANING | 17 | |
| 15371342424 | Personification | attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects, abstract ideas, or non-human forms. "High blood pressure (non-human) snatches the lives of many people" | 18 | |
| 15371369506 | Pathetic Fallacy | The attribution of human qualities to FORCES OF NATURE "In contrast to the roaring of the hurricane, the breezes in the eye of the storm barely whispered to the frightened trailer, court residents huddled beneath the jammed storm cellar door" | 19 | |
| 15371425966 | Apostrophe | The addressing of the absent as present of the inanimate or inhuman as if it could hear or understand. Ex: "Rain, rain, go away!" "O Bird! Sing to my heart an anthem!" "Oh George! I wish you could see your son now!" (George is dead) | 20 | |
| 15371466256 | Allusion | a reference to some familiar event in history or to some familiar expression or character in literature, the Bible (biblical allusion0, or mythology Ex: "Homework is my Achilles heel" "The running back went down like Kennedy in Dallas" "Nice boat, Noah" | 21 | |
| 15371517179 | Synecdoche | "Understanding of one thing for another", phrasing that substitutes a part for the whole or the whole for the part Ex: "Dad bought me a new set of wheels for my birthday" (car) "His shoes were untied so he tripped over them" (laces) "The brasses use lip vibrations the way the strings use friction to produce their sounds" | 22 | |
| 15487321335 | rhetorical question | trope that is commonly defined as a question that does not require an answer | 23 | |
| 15487321336 | Asking the reader | question is addressed to the audience prompting them to consider the answer What would u have done under the same circumstances? | 24 | |
| 15487321337 | Asking the writer | question is addressed or self addressed to the reader as a way of thinking through an idea with the audience my grandma died of a heart attack, but is that really the reason she died? | 25 | |
| 15487321338 | criticizing | The writer is making a criticism in the form of a question How can the citizens in a democracy fail to vote? | 26 | |
| 15487321339 | asking and answering aka hypophora | writer asks a question and then proceeds to answer it Why has the incidence of rape increased in our society? studies show it is a portrayal of violence on TV | 27 | |
| 15487321340 | Colloquialism | use of informal, conversational worlds or phrases, sometimes varying from region to region, in place of formal, literary diction "because of his wealthy upbringing, baron found it difficult to speak in the colloquial dialect used by the kids in the public school" "he's gonna grab a cold pop from the fridge" "it's a wicked hot day so we're not going outside til'later" | 28 | |
| 15487321341 | Jargon | language broadly associated with a subject, occupation, or business. the use of specific words or phrases in a particular situation, profession, or trade. can be used to show the writer's knowledge or dexterity on various spheres "lots of airlines are buying smaller twins to fly long and skinny trans cons" "his counsel sought damages and various forms of equitable relief, including an injunction" | 29 |
