Schemes
Arrangement in order of increasing importance: "Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God."
What is Climax? (or Auxesis or Crescendo)
When something is something else: the ladder of success (i.e.,success is a ladder). "The office is a bee hive of activity on Mondays." Or recall the old anti-drug commercial: "This is your brain on drugs."
What is a Metaphor?
"Never trust an atom, they make up everything!"
What is a pun?
Statements about what is true or good or about what should be done or believed
What is a claim?
Repetition of a sound in multiple words (or first letter)
What is allieration?
Intentionally breaking work into two parts for emphasis: "I have but two words to say to your request: Im possible."
What is Tmesis?
When something is like something else: "Her skin was like alabaster." "He was as unpleasant as a wart."
What is a similie?
"The wind howled through the trees."
What is personification?
Statements that support a given claim, making a claim more than a mere assertion
What is a reason?
Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence
What is Antithesis?
Inverted word order from what one expects: "One ad does not a survey make."
What is Anastrophe?
Words that sound like what they mean. For example, Buzz; Click; Rattle; Clatter; Squish.
What is an onomatapoeia?
"We cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground."
What is an anaphora?
Proves the reasons offered and helps compel audiences to accept an advanced claim
What is support?
Using many conjuctions to achieve an overwheling effect
What is polysyndeton?
Presenting alternatives in a balanced manner: "You can sleep well."
What is Alloisis?
Exaggeration: "His thundering shout could split rocks."
What is a hyperbole?
A dish as a substitute for a whole plate of food or a hand and as a substitute for assistance.
What is a metonymy?
Inferences or assumptions that connect the support to the claim
What is the warrant?
Intentionally misusuing grammar to characterize a speaker or to create a memorable phrase
What is enallage?
Omitting a word implied by the previous clause: "The European soldiers killed six of the remaining villagers, the American soldiers, eight."
What is Ellipsis?
Asking a rhetorical quesion question to the reader as a transition or as a thought-provoking tool before proceeding. "What should honest citizens do?"
What is a erotema?
“Let’s go to the movies!” — uses “movies” to mean a specific movie playing at a local theater.
What is a synecdoche?
Discussion of the other side and granting that the other side has some validity
What is the concession?
Uninterrupted repetition, or repetition with only one or two words between each repeated phrase
What is diacope/epizeuxis?