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
