rhetorical devices heada$$ Flashcards
climax
a list that increases by degree of importance, weight, or magnitude
irony
getting the opposite of whats expected
dramatic irony
when the audience of a story knows something the characters dont
situational irony
when the situation revolves in an unanticipated way
verbal
when someone says something the opposite of what he or she means
epimone
the repetition of phrases
epizeuixis
repetition of words consecutively
epanalepsis
when the same word or phrase is used at the beginning and the end of a sentence or set of them
anaphora
when a speaker repeats the same words at the start of successive sentences or clauses
epistrophe
the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a series of sentences or clauses
symploce
words are repeated at the start of succesive sentences or clauses, and other words are repeated at the end of them, often with a small change in the middle
anadiplosis
the use of the same language at the end of one sentence or clause and at the stay of the next ABBC pattern
polyptoton
the repeating the root of a word with a different ending
isocolon
the use of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases similar in length and parallel in structure
chiasmus
when words or other elements are repeated with their order reversed
anastrophe
when words appear in an unexpected order
polysyndeton
repeated use of conjunctions
asyndeton
leaving out a conjuction where it might have been expected
ellipsis
an omission of expect words
praeterotio
when the speaker describes what he will not say, and so says it, or at least a little bit of it after all
aposiopesis
breaking off a sentence and leaving it unfinished
metanioa
correcting oneself
LITotes
when a speaker avoids making an affirmative claim directly and instead denies the opposite
erotema
a rhetorical question
hypophora
when a speaker asks a question when immediately answers it
prolepsis
when a speaker anticipates an objection and comments on it
understatement
the deliberate expression of an idea as less important than it actually is
anthimeria
substitution of one part of speech for another
metabasis
reviews what has been said, then previews what is coming next
hyperbole
deliberate exaggeration to convey a highented feeling
