Test 1 Flashcards
Epistrophe
Repetition at the end of a phrase/clause/sentence
Epanalepsis
Emphasis is established as bookends; repeated phrase up front and at the end
Anadiplosis
Doubling back (“it’s enough - enough to go…”)
Syntax
The arrangement of language at the sentence level
Polysyndeton
Many conjunctions, successive conjunctions, joining/linking clauses, for the sake of emphasis or slowing things down
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions where they would normally occur; speeds things up
SOAPSTone
Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Subject Tone (and shifts)
Hypophora
Art form that frames a question and gives an answer
Description
What does it look like?
What are its characteristics?
Exemplification
What are some typical cases or examples of it?
Definition
What is it?
How does it resemble other members of its class?
How does it differ from other members of its class?
What are its limits?
Narration
What happened?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Cause and effect
Why did it happen? What caused it? What does it cause? What are its effects? How is it related to something else?
Process
How did it happen?
What makes it work?
How is it made?
Classification and division
What are its parts or type?
How can its parts or types be separated or grouped?
Do its parts or types fit into a logical order?
Into what categories can its parts or types be arranged?
