Rhetorical Packet - Sentence Patterns
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sgtucker95 on November 17, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Declarative | strong, active verb |
| interrogative | question |
| loose | main clause first, subordinate follows |
| periodic | subordinate first, main clause at the end |
| balanced or parallel | two or more words/constructinos in the same grammartical form |
| convoluted structure | main clause split in two with subordinate inbetween |
| centered structure | main clause in the middle with subordinates before and after |
| appositive | renaming: London, the english city on the thames, offers many tourist attractions |
| rhetorical question | ex: How can you possibly make good wine from poor grapes? |
| Antimetabole | repetition of words in clauses in reverse grammatical order "mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind" |
| chiasmus | crisscross/reversal of grammatical structures "by day the frolic, and the dance by night" |
| epanalepsis | repetition of the words at the beginning of a clause at the end of a clause |
| epanalepsis | "Blood hath brough blood, and blows have answerd blows" |
| anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next |
| anadiplosis | "The crime was common, common be the pain" |
| anaphora | repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive sentences |
| anaphora | "the lord sittith above the water floods. the lord remainth a king forever. the lord shall give strength unto his people..." |
| epistrophe | repetition of the same word(s) at the end of successive clauses |
| epistrophe | "I'll have my bond! Speak not against my bond! I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond!" |
| understatement | using less than impressive descriptions to make your point seem more impressive |
| understatement | It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain. |
| paradox | apparently contradictory statement that contains truth |
| paradox | Art is a form of lying in order to tell the truth |
| asyndeton | using words in a series WITHOUT punctuation |
| asyndeton | How neatly, secretly, decently is this killing done |
| isocolon | prescisley parallel structure |
| isocolon | every nation has its own traditions, its own values, its own aspirations |
| parallel modification | using the same word/phrase to modify different words in different ways |
| parallel modification | these are extraordinary times. and we face an extraordinary challenge. |
| parallel structure | the winds all feel it and know it and tell it. |
| polyptoton | repetition of words derived from the same root |
| polyptoton | the impulse of the imitator is to overcome the model they imitate |
| polysyndeton | using conjunctions in close succession |
| polysyndeton | he paused and hunted and found his garmet and put it on. |
| sequence (climax) | we wait by minutes, by decades, by centuries for the crash we have caused |
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