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| 4809493829 | Rhetorical device | Technique an author or speaker uses to persuade a audience to consider a topic from a differnent perspective | 0 | |
| 4809498417 | Anaphora | The same word or phrase is repeated at the begininging of successive phrases or clauses, or sentences. Creates emphasis. | 1 | |
| 4809519188 | Anaphora Examples | "Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better" "I want my money right now, right here, all right?" It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." by repetition of It it creates an emphasis on the epoch( era) he is talking about. | 2 | |
| 4809537784 | Antithesis | A device that uses opposition or contrasting ideas together to create emphasis. Two contrasting or opposite terms in a sentence for effect. | 3 | |
| 4809560317 | Antithesis Examples | "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing." contrasting love being and idea and marriage is real but you would think that marriage and love are real "Speech is silver, but silence is gold." "Money is the root of all evils: poverty is the fruit of all goodness." "Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit." | 4 | |
| 4809599909 | Asyndenton | Omits conjuctions between words, phrases, or clauses in order to speed up the rythm and provide emphasis | 5 | |
| 4809611526 | Asyndenton Examples | "Call up her father. Rouse him. Make after him, Poison his delight, Proclaim him in the streets. Incense her kinsmen, And, though he in a fertile climate dwell" He uses this device to emphasize his words to articulate the feelings of anger and jealousy | 6 | |
| 4809618133 | Chiasmus | two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. | 7 | |
| 4809641980 | Chiasmus Examples | "Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You." "Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live." "Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you? | 8 | |
| 4809657559 | Epistrophe | The same word is repeated at the ed pf successive phrases, clauses, or snetences | 9 | |
| 4809671266 | Epistrophe Examples | "Where now? Who now? When now?" "Hourly joys be still upon you! Juno sings her blessings on you. . . . Scarcity and want shall shun you, Ceres' blessing so is on you." | 10 | |
| 4809673149 | Juxtaposition | Comparison by Contrast | 11 | |
| 4809677567 | Juxtaposition Examples | "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness "You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good" | 12 | |
| 4809687311 | Litotes | employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. BACK SIDED COMPLIMENT | 13 | |
| 4809694983 | Litotes Examples | " not too bad" "You are not as young as you used to be." "I am not unaware how the productions of the Grub Street brotherhood have of late years fallen under many prejudices." | 14 | |
| 4809707637 | Oxymoron | connects two contradictory terms WORDS | 15 | |
| 4809712723 | Oxymoron Examples | "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!" | 16 |
