Definitions
Example
Purpose
Example
Definitions
100
Using opposite phrases in close conjunction
What is antithesis
100
King Alfred tried to make the law clear, precise, and equitable
What is parallelism
100
raise questions which you think the reader has on his mind and would like to see formulated and answered.
What is hypophora
100
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
What is isocolon parallelism
100
Repetition of a concluding word or word endings
What is epistrophe
200
Repeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next clause.
What is anadiplosis
200
Kill the boys and the luggage
What is zeugma
200
The repetition of the conjunctions adds power to the other words.
What is polysyndeton
200
Fair is foul and foul is fair
What is antimetabole
200
repetition in reverse order
What is antimetabole
300
a speaker raises a question and then immediately answers it.
What is hypophora
300
Often the question is asked in order to get a definite answer from the reader
What is erotema
300
Many are called, but few are chosen.
What is antithesis
300
Specific type of hyperbaton in which the adjective appears after the noun when it's expected to find the adjective before the noun.
What is anastrophe
400
Using many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
What is polysyndeton
400
The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.
What is anadiplosis
400
Draw attention to a phrase or idea by using words that begin with the same letter or sound
What is alliteration
400
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air.
What is anaphora
400
intentional repetition of beginning clauses
What is anaphora
500
The writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length.
What is parallelism
500
What should honest citizens do
What is erotema
500
Asking questions to rebuke or reproach rather than to elicit answers.
What is epiplexis
500
I lead the life I love; I love the life I lead
What is chiasmus
500
the author introduces words or concepts in a particular order, then later repeats those terms or similar ones in reversed or backwards order.
What is chiasmus
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