Schemes Flashcards
A balance between contrasting ideas.
Juxtaposition
A contrast between the first of a work and the end of a work.
Atithesis
A controlling word that applies to two unconnected ideas/words.
Zeugma
The repetition of conjunctions at the beginning of phrases or clauses.
Polysydeton
Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of phrases or clauses
Anaphora
Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of phrases or clauses.
Epistophe
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and end of the sentence.
Epanalepsis
Repetition at the end of one sentence and beginning of the next.
Anadiplosis
Repetition of ideas in reverse grammatical order.
Chiasmus
To reproach or reprimand.
Epiplexis
Answers the questions immediately.
Hypophora
Assert, support, or deny a synthesis/main point.
Erotema
Words or phrases purposefully left out of a sentence because the meaning is easily implied.
Elipsis
Words or phrases purposefully lacking conjunctions.
Asyndeton
“Change of name”
Metonmy