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Ap Rhetorical Devices Questions & Detailed Answers
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- Rhetorical devices
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Ap Rhetorical Devices Questions & Detailed Answers
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Ap Rhetorical Devices Questions & DetailedAnswers
Antithesis - ANS Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas (often, although not
always, in parallel structure).
Example "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few
virtues." —Abraham Lincoln
anaphora - ANS Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of
successive clauses, sentences, or lines. Examples This royal throne of kings, this
sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,...
anastrophe - ANS Departure from normal word order for the sake of emphasis.
Example Anastrophe occurs whenever normal syntactical arrangement is violated
for emphasis
antimetabole - ANS Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse
grammatical order. This figure is sometimes known as chiasmus.
Example When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
asyndeton - ANS The omission of conjunctions between clauses, often resulting in
a hurried rhythm or vehement effect. Examples On his return he received medals,
honors, treasures, titles, fame.
, alliteration - ANS Repetition of the same letter or sound within nearby words.
Most often, repeated initial consonants.
antimetabole - ANS Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse
grammatical order. This figure is sometimes known as chiasmus.
Example When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
anadiplosis - ANS The repetition of the last word (or phrase) from the previous
line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next. Often combined with climax.
Example The love of wicked men converts to fear,That fear to hate, and hate turns
one or both
parallelism - ANS Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words,
phrases, or clauses.
ellipsis - ANS Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context.
Example "The average person thinks he isn't." -Father Larry
Lorenzoni The term "average" is omitted but understood after
"isn't."
isocolon - ANS A series of similarly structured elements having the same length. A
kind of parallelism. Examples Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)
polysyndeton - ANS Employing many conjunctions between clauses, often slowing
the tempo or rhythm. Examples They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I
laughed and played and talked and flunked.
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