Rhetorical Figures 1
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Burningtree on September 20, 2010
Description:
Rhetorical Figures in Sound, from American Rhetoric's website
Classes:
Dr. Bob's AP English Language and Composition
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8 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliteration | Figure of emphasis that occurs through the repetition of initial consonant letters (or sounds) |
| Allusion | Figure of explication using a brief or casual reference to a famous person, historical event, place, or work of art. |
| Anadiplosis | Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or terms in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of the next sentence, clause, or phrase |
| Analogy | A form of reasoning employing comparative or parallel cases. |
| Anaphora | Figure of repetition of the initial word(s) over successive phrases or clauses. |
| Anesis | A figure of addition that occurs when a concluding sentence, clause, or phrase is added to a statement which purposely diminishes the effect of what has been previously stated. |
| Antimetabole | Figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause |
| Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure |
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