Schemes And Tropes Flashcards
Anadiplosis
Rhetorical repetition of one or several words
Ex
Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task
Alliteration
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence
Ex
Veni vidi vici
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases clause
Ex
He scared last night he was scared the night before he was scared every week.
Anastrophe
Transposition of normal word order
Ex
She looked at the sky dark and menacing.
Antimetabole
Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
Ex
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going
Antithesis
contrast of ideas
Ex
It can’t be wrong if it feels so right
Asyndeton
Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases clauses or words
Ex
I came I saw I conquered
Polysyndeton
Employing many conjunctions between clauses often slowing the tempo or rhythm
Ex
They lived and laughed and loved and left.
Cacophony
Harsh joining of sounds
Ex
Lick crack sick hack
Chiasmus
Repetition of ideas in inverted order
Ex
It is boring to eat to sleep is fulfilling
Climax
mounting by degrees through words or sentences of increasing weight and in parallel construction
Ex
I am the way the truth and the life.
Ellipsis
Omission of a word
Ex
John forgives Mary and Mary, John
Epistrophe
Ending a series of lines phrases clauses or sentences with the same word or words
Ex
We are born to sorrow pass our time in sorrow end our days in sorrow
Parallelism
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words phrases or clauses
Ex
Singing a song or writing a poem is joyous
Parenthesis
Insertion of a verbal unit that interrupts normal syntactical flow
Ex A dog (not a cat) is an animal that barks.
Tautology
Repetition of an idea in a different word phrase or sentence
Ex
Your acting is completely devoid of emotion
Antanaclasis
word repeatedly used w/ different meaning
Ex
That was sound…all sound
Allegory
story, poem, or picture reveal a hidden meaning
Ex
The ship of state has sailed through rougher storms than the tempest of these lobbyists.
Aphorism
pity observation that contains truth
Ex
Simplest as are hardest answer
Antiphrasis
Irony of one word established by context
Ex
Come here tiny said the fat man
Catachresis
use of a word incorrectly
Ex
Use word mitigate for militate
Apostrophe
Interrupts discussion and turns ones speech from one audience to another passage speech or poem addressed to someone
Ex
Josefina’s
Connotation
The non literal associative meaning of a word
Ex
Dove : peace
Skull : death
Denotation
The literal or dictionary definition of a word
Ex
They built a home
