Rhetorical Devices 3 Flashcards
What is an Epistorphe?
repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive phrases.
What is an Epanalepsis?
The repetition of the same word or words at both beginning and ending of a phrase, clause, or sentence.
What is Anadiplosis?
The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
What is Climax?
The arrangement of words, phrases , or clauses in an order of increasing importance.
What is Antimetabole?
The repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.
What is Chiasmus?
reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses.
What is Polyptoton?
The repetition of words derived from the same root.
What is a Metaphor?
Implied comparison between two things of unlike nature without the use of “like” or “as”.
What is a Simile?
The explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature, usually using “like” or “as”.
