Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses.
What is parallelism?
100
to reflect orderly thinking and flent communication in equivalent elements
What is the purpose of parallelism?
100
Who taught me to curl myself inside a buttercup? Iolanthe! Who taught me to swing upon a cobweb? Iolanthe! Who taught me to dive into a dewdrop- to nestle in a nutshell- to gambol upon gassamer? Iolanthe!
What is an example of Hypophora?
100
deliberate omission of a word or of words that are readily implied by the context.
What is Ellipsis
100
reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses
What is Chiasmus?
200
When the parallel elements are similar not only in structure but also in length (that is, the same number of words, sometimes even the same number of syllables)
What is isocolon?
200
to produce the effect of neatness and win the author a reputation for wit. Related to contraries.
What is the purpose of antithesis?|
200
His time a moment, and a point in space.
What is an example of chiasmus?
200
repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses.
What is anaphora?
200
asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely.
What is Erotema?
300
juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure.
What is antithesis?
300
strssing the importance of the controlling verb
What is the purpose of zuegma?
300
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
What is an antimetabole?
300
repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses
What is epistrophe?
300
asking a question and immediately answering it in ordee to demonstrate authority
What is hypophora?
400
more than one item in a sentence is governed by a single word, usually a verb.
What is zeugma?
400
to produce a hurried rhythm in a sentence.
What is the purpose of asyndenton?
400
... and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
What is an example of asyndenton?
400
repitition of last word of one clause at the begining of the following clause, often used to highlight a cause-effect relationship
What is anadiplosis?
400
asking a question in order to reproach or upbraid, rather than to elicit information
What is Epiplexis?
500
inversion of the natural or usual order
What is anastrophe?
500
Used for emphasis
What is the purpose of alliteration?
500
Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in. Those left behind, we will try to catch up.
What is an example of antithesis?
500
repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.