rhetoric devices Flashcards
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tricolon crescens
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increasing in the intensity/length
2
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polyptoton
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appearance of a noun, adj, pronoun in different cases (cui, quem, qui)
3
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hyperbaton
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splitting up noun/pronoun and adjective
4
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assonance
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repetition of the final sounds of a word
5
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anaphora
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when you repeat a word at the beginning of a sentence, emphasizing it
6
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epiphora
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repetition of a word at the end of a sentence
7
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systole
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shortening of a long syllable (with macrons)
8
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diastole
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lengthening of a short syllable
9
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syncope
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the omission of a syllable usually for metrical reasons
10
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polysyndeton
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saying ‘and’ in a sentence to put emphasis
11
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alliteration
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occurrence of same letter/sound at beginning of closely connected words
12
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chiasmus
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words are repeated in reverse order
