Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sequence.
Alliteration
100
Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah....
Allusion
100
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.
Anaphora
100
United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do...
Inversion
200
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on.
Cumulative sentence
200
Beliefs for which our forebears fought
Archaic diction
200
Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
Asyndeton
200
We are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth... that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans- born in this century...
Juxtaposition
300
Sentence whose main idea clause is withheld until the end.
Periodic Sentence
300
But in this peaceful revolution...
Oxymoron
300
Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction.
Antithesis
300
With history the final judge of our deeds
Personification
400
Use of 2 different words in a grammatically similar was that produces different, often incongruous, meanings
Zeugma
400
Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.
Antimetabole
400
Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action.
Hortative Sentence
400
Will you join in that historic effort?
Rhetorical Question
500
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
Parallelism
500
And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the the jungle of suspicion
Metaphor
500
Sentence used to command or enjoin
Imperative sentence
500
In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will the rest the final success or failure of our course