Schemes of Questioning
Schemes of Balance
Schemes of Unusual Word Order and Omission
General Syntax
Schemes of Repetition
100
Asking a question to reproach or upbraid, rather than to elicit information.
What is Epiplexis?
100
Parallel elements not only similar in structure, but also in length.
What is isocolon?
100
Inversion of natural or usual word order.
What is anastrophe?
100
A sentence beginning with modifiers that lead to the main clause.
What is periodic?
100
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning 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?
200
Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure.
What is antithesis?
200
Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the natural syntactical flow of the sentence.
What is parenthesis?
200
Placing equal emphasis on several facts or ideas.
What is coordination?
200
Repetition of a word or group of words at the end of successive clauses.
What is epistrophe?
300
Asking a question and answering it in order to assert authority.
What is Hypophora?
300
More than one item in a sentence is governed by a single word, usually a verb.
What is zeugma?
300
Deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
What is asyndeton?
300
A sentence that begins with the main clause and then adds details in subsequent phrases and clauses.
What is cumulative?
300
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause, often used to highlight cause / effect relationship.
What is anadiplosis?
400
Who taught me to curl myself inside a buttercup? Iolanthe! Who taught me to swing upon a cobweb? Iolanthe!
What is Hypophora?
400
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
What is antithesis?
400
Every pebble was distinct, every speckled trout, every hands-breadth of sand.
What is ellipsis?
400
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so are examples of these.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
400
His time a moment, and a point his space.
What is chiasmus?
500
What obligation lay on me to be unpopular?
What is Erotema?
500
He grew potatoes, corn, and rich.
What is zeugma?
500
I would have rather attended the game, or school, or church, or even one of your long boring lectures.
What is polysendeton?
500
Because, if, since, as if, although, while are examples of these?
What are subordinating conjunctions?
500
The negro needs a white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs a negro to free him from his guilt.
What is antimetabole?
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