the last word/set of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated at the end of the following sentences, clauses, or phrases
What is epistrophe
100
"Nothing is worse than doing nothing"
What is epanalepsis
100
the addition of a letter or syllable at the end of a word
What is Paragoge
100
phrases or clauses arranged independently
What is Parataxis
100
I came, I saw, I conquered.
What is Isocolon
200
"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."
What is Antanaclasis
200
one thing is referred to by something else which is only remotely associated with it
What is Metalepsis
200
vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events
What is Hypotyposis
200
controversial argument, as against some opinion or doctrine
What is Polemic
200
device used to retract a statement just made and then state it in a better way
What is Metanola
300
"I'm gonna cut out now with this unusual song I'm dedicating to an unusual person who makes me feel kind of unusual."
What is diacope
300
"My lovely one I fain would love thee much, but my Love is none at all I see"
(word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis)
What is Ploce
300
purposeful obscurity
What is skotison
300
"In the New York Herald Tribune a beaver was almost incognito as 'the furry, paddle-tailed mammal.'
What is paraphrasis
300
"The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes . . .."
Combines anaphora and epistrophe
What is Symploce
400
"I'm a "leadership of the free world" duck. And I'm continuing to spread our agenda globally, and around the world, as well as internationally."
What is Onomaton
400
rhetorical device where the sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished
What is Aposiopesis
400
"He must be praised, decorated, and tolerated"
What is paraprosdokian
400
suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
What is paralepsis
400
repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis, usually with no words in between.
EX:"I undid the lantern cautiously--oh, so cautiously--cautiously." (Tell-Tale Heart)