Techniques Flashcards
Epistrophe
Epistrophe is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.
“See no evil, Hear no evil, Do no evil”
Chiasmus
a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order.
“Have language for knowledge and knowledge for language”
Anadiplosis
Anadiplosis is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause.
“Turn the lights out now, now I’ll take you by the hand”
Antanaclasis
In rhetoric, antanaclasis is the literary trope in which a single word or phrase is repeated, but in two different senses.
“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm you will be fired with enthusiasm”
`Epizeuxis
In rhetoric, epizeuxis is the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession
“Never give up, never, never, never”
Polyptoton
Polyptoton is the stylistic scheme in which words derived from the same root are repeated.
“Who kills, the killed simply to be a killer”
Symploce
In rhetoric, symploce is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used successively at the beginning of two or more clauses or sentences and another word or phrase with a similar wording is used successively at the end of them. It is the combination of anaphora and epistrophe.
“When there is hated let us stand against it, when there is violence let us stand against it”
Isocolon
Isocolon is a rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.
“Roses are red, violets are blue”
Litotes
Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
“I’m not not angry”
Polysyndeton
Polysyndeton is a list or series of words, phrases, or clauses that is connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction.
“I danced and cried and jumped and weeped”
Tmesis
the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, used mainly in informal speech for emphasis (e.g. can’t find it any-blooming-where ).
Catachresis
the use of a word in an incorrect way, for example the use of mitigate for militate.
qua
in the capacity of; as being.
pinion
restrain or immobilize (someone) by tying up or holding their arms or legs.
