"Prosperity is a great teacher, adversity a greater."
What is an example of ellipses?
100
Repetition of initial or medial consonants or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables.
What is alliteration?
200
Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of a sentence.
What is a parenthesis?
200
Saying "What's the word? Kill the bird! What's the reason? Eagle Season!"
What is an example of hypophora?
200
Similar to anadiplosis, this purpose is to juxtapose two ideas in 2 clauses.
What is the purpose of chiasmus?
200
"She was young, she was pure, she was new, she was nice."
What is an example of asyndeton?
200
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses.
What is epistrophe?
300
Deliberate omission of a word or words that are readily implied by the context.
What is an ellipsis?
300
"Have you no shame?"
What is an example of epiplexis?
300
Asserting or denying something without directly saying it.
(rhetorical question)
What is the purpose of erotema?
300
"Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends."
What is an example of epistrophe?
300
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause, to highlight cause and effect.
What is anadiplosis?
400
Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses.
What is an asyndeton?
400
"When 900 years you reach, look as good, you will not."
What is an example of anastrophe?
400
Emphasis and sometimes humorous effect.
What is the purpose of alliteration?
400
"The tree was tall, the tree was green, the tree was ancient."
What is an example of anaphora?
400
Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.
What is antimetabole?
500
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is anaphora?
500
Saying "My mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three."
What is an example of parenthesis?
500
To produce a hurried rhythm in a sentence.
What is the purpose of asyndeton?
500
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
What is an example of anadiplosis?
500
Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses.