AP Eng. Language & Comp: Rhetorical Devices--SCHEMES (created by mmcdowell) Flashcards
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| 9374990899 | Scheme | (a form of Syntax) - word order deviates from the usual or expected in a "figured" way, for emphasis or clarity | 0 | |
| 9374990900 | Amplification (ORDER AND BALANCE) | (also called Climax; also, see Anadiplosis below)- the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance, often in parallel structure | 1 | |
| 9374990901 | Antithesis (ORDER AND BALANCE) | opposition of words (often) in a parallel construction (e.g., "We live to die") | 2 | |
| 9374990902 | Parallelism (ORDER AND BALANCE) | repeat grammatical structures at the word/phrase/clause level to balance expressions (showing that ideas have equal importance), to conserve words, and to build climaxes ("I came, I saw, I conquered.") | 3 | |
| 9374990903 | Anastrophe (UNUSUAL ORDER) | violate normal syntactical arrangement (e.g., "Yoda, I be not") for emphasis | 4 | |
| 9374990904 | Apposition (UNUSUAL ORDER) | describe an object with an adjacent, explanatory element (e.g., Will Shakespeare, the greatest of all playwrights) | 5 | |
| 9374990905 | Chiasmus (UNUSUAL ORDER) | repeat an idea in inverted ABBA word order (e.g., "Eat to live; don't live to eat) | 6 | |
| 9374990906 | Parenthesis (UNUSUAL ORDER) | (sometimes called Apostrophe) - insertion of a verbal unit that interrupts normal syntactical flow ("I am so angry - I'm not sure why - that you missed curfew again," or, Hamlet to audience: "The play's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.") | 7 | |
| 9374990907 | Asyndeton (OMISSION) | (opposite of polysyndeton) omission of conjunctions between a series of clauses, for condensed, vehement effect or hurried rhythm ("I came, I saw, I conquered.") | 8 | |
| 9374990908 | Brachylogia (OMISSION) | omission of conjunctions between a series of words, for broken, hurried delivery | 9 | |
| 9374990909 | Polysyndeton (OMISSION) | (opposite of asyndeton)- many conjunctions between clauses, for slowed effect ("I went to the store, and I parked my bike, and I gazed in the window, and I saw the red shoes...") | 10 | |
| 9374990910 | Scesis Onomaton (OMISSION) | a series of successive, synonymous expressions (usually nouns-adjectives, but not necessarily) ("Mr. Jones, master teacher, sentence scion, grammar gremlin, entered the room") | 11 | |
| 9374990911 | Anasiplosis (REPETITION) | repetition of last word/phrase from previous clause/line/sentence at beginning of next clause/line/sentence - technically, Climax (see above) ("Glass from sand; sand from quartz; quartz from mountains.") | 12 | |
| 9374990912 | Anaphora (REPETITION) | repeat a word/phrase at the beginning of successive lines, clauses, or sentences (NOTE: A special form of Anaphora is Antanaclasis - repetition of word/phrase with meaning change in second use - "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." —Vince Lombardi). | 13 | |
| 9374990913 | Epistrophe (REPETITION) | end a successive series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words | 14 | |
| 9374990914 | Polyptoton (REPETITION) | using a cognate of a given word in close proximity ("With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.") | 15 | |
| 9374990915 | Assonance (SOUND) | Repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words ("Beyond the wand of the magic lawn.") | 16 | |
| 9374990916 | Alliteration (SOUND) | repetition of the same letter or sound within nearby words; generally, repeated initial consonants ("We shall ship the special gift to the shores of Father Christmas.") | 17 | |
| 9374990917 | Cacophony (SOUND) | (opposite of Euphony)-An expression that is deliberately either foul (such as crude language) or ill-sounding (such as from excessive alliteration) ("The dog gorged on the mangy grist of the gangrene carcass.") | 18 | |
| 9374990918 | Consonance (SOUND) | The repetition of consonants in words stressed in the same place (but whose vowels differ). Also, a kind of inverted alliteration, in which final consonants, rather than initial or medial ones, repeat in nearby words ("Mackinac Island: We dredge for fudge.") | 19 | |
| 9374990919 | Euphony (SOUND) | (opposite of Cacophony) - combining phonetic elements to produce harmonious sounds ("I wandered lonely as a cloud/That floats on high o'er vales and hills,/When all at once I saw a crowd,/A host, of golden daffodils..." Wordsworth) | 20 |