Micro techniqes Flashcards
Alliteration
The recurrence, in close succession, of the same consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words.
Example: In ‘ripe, red raspberry’, the repetition of the ‘r’ sound creates a rich aural effect, suggesting the lusciousness of the fruit.
Types:
* sibilant: a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like /s/ /sh/ /z/)
* plosive: a consonant sound produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it (like /b/ /t/ /d/ /p/ /k/ /g/)
* fricative: speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (like voiced /th/ ‘the’ unvoiced /th/ ‘theatre’ /v/ /f/”
Allusion
A deliberate and implicit reference to a person or event, or a work of art which draws on knowledge and experiences shared by the composer and responder.
Anadiplosis
Repeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next clause.
As Nietzsche said, “Talent is an adornment; an adornment is also a concealment.”
Anaphora
Repetition of beginning clauses.
For instance, Churchill declared, “We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost shall be.””
Anapodoton
Deliberately creating a sentence fragment by the omission of a clause.
As an intentional rhetorical device, it is generally used for set phrases, where the full form is understood, and would thus be tedious to spell out, as in “When in Rome [do as the Romans].”
Anthimeria
“Using a different part of speech to act as another, such as a verb for a noun, or a noun for a verb, or an adjective as a verb, etc.
Example: ““he sang his didn’t, he danced his did.”” (e. e. cummings)”
Antimetabole
“Repetition in reverse order
Example: ““One should eat to live, not live to eat.”” Or, ““You like it; it likes you.”” The witches in that Scottish play chant, ““Fair is foul and foul is fair.”” Antimetabole often overlaps withchiasmus”
Apophasis
mentioning something by not mentioning it
“Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?””
Antithesis
Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. It can be a contrast of opposites
Example: “Evil men fear authority; good men cherish it.” Or it can be a contrast of degree: “One small step for a man, one giant leap for all mankind.””
Aphorism
“A pithy, instructive statement or truism, like a maxim or adage.
Example: Actions speak louder than words.”
