"A" Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
Anastrophe
Inverted syntax/yoda speak creating the reversal of S-TV-DO
Antithesis
contrasts two ideas by placing them next to each other, almost always in a parallel structure
Asyndeton
omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses in a list
Anthimeria
Substitution of one part of speech for another
Allusion
informal reference to a famous person or event
Apostrophe
interrupts the discussion or discourse and addresses directly a person or personified thing, either present or absent, displaying intense emotion.
Anaphora
the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
Anadaplosis
repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentences or very near the beginning of the next
Alliteration
the recurrence of initial consonant sounds
Assonance
similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing difference consonants
