Rhetorical Devices

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Amplification

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used to emphasize a point, involves drawing out and elongating the argument, description, or statement. ( ex: “This is a crisis. A large crisis. In fact, if you’ve got a moment, it’s a twelve-story crisis…”)

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Anacoluthon

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abrupt syntactic interruption:change in construction in one sentence that is not grammatically consistent w/ rest of sentence ( ex. Athletes convicted of drug related crimes- are they to be forgiven with just a slap on the wrist?)

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Anadiplosis

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repetition of final word(s) of a sentence/line used at the beginning of the next (ex. “When I give, I give myself.”)

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Amplification

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used to emphasize a point, involves drawing out and elongating the argument, description, or statement. ( ex: “This is a crisis. A large crisis. In fact, if you’ve got a moment, it’s a twelve-story crisis…”)

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Anaphora

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Anaphora: a device of repetition in which a word/ phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive lines
(ex. Anaphora will repeat an opening phrase or word; Anaphora will pour into a mould! Anaphora will cast each subsequent opening; Anaphora will last until it’s tiring.)

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Anastrophe

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Anastrophe: departure of normal word usage for the sake of emphasis; changes the order of one word. Change the order of verb and noun, put noun before adj., place preposition after object of the preposition.
(ex. “The helmsman steered; moved the ship on; yet never a breeze up blew”)

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Antantagoge

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Antanagoge: used when author wants to ameliorate a pessimistic or negative view of something by balancing it with something favorable. (ex. True, her grades suffer from her absences and cuts, but her teachers consider her to be their brightest student.)

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Antimetabole

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Antimetabole: verbal patter in which second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order= A-B-C, C-B-A (ex. Eat to live, not live to eat)

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Anacoluthon

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abrupt syntactic interruption:change in construction in one sentence that is not grammatically consistent w/ rest of sentence ( ex. Athletes convicted of drug related crimes- are they to be forgiven with just a slap on the wrist?)

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Anadiplosis

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repetition of final word(s) of a sentence/line used at the beginning of the next (ex. “When I give, I give myself.”)

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Antithesis

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Antithesis: using contrasting ideas in juxtaposition & parallel structure (for example: one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind)

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Aporia

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Aporia: when either a character/ writer intentionally reveals doubt or incomplete knowledge/ understanding of a subject. (ex. I cannot tell you the number of times I rewrote this example, hoping that the next one would be better.)

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Apophasis

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Apophasis: reminding the audience of and affirming a fact wile pointedly denying, drawing more attention to it. (ex. “I don’t want to say anything bad about another doctor, especially one who’s a useless drunk.”

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Anaphora

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Anaphora: a device of repetition in which a word/ phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive lines
(ex. Anaphora will repeat an opening phrase or word; Anaphora will pour into a mould! Anaphora will cast each subsequent opening; Anaphora will last until it’s tiring.)

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Anastrophe

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Anastrophe: departure of normal word usage for the sake of emphasis; changes the order of one word. Change the order of verb and noun, put noun before adj., place preposition after object of the preposition.
(ex. “The helmsman steered; moved the ship on; yet never a breeze up blew”)

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Antantagoge

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Antanagoge: used when author wants to ameliorate a pessimistic or negative view of something by balancing it with something favorable. (ex. True, her grades suffer from her absences and cuts, but her teachers consider her to be their brightest student.)

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Antimetabole

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Antimetabole: verbal patter in which second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order= A-B-C, C-B-A (ex. Eat to live, not live to eat)

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Antithesis

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Antithesis: using contrasting ideas in juxtaposition & parallel structure (for example: one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind)

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Aporia

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Aporia: when either a character/ writer intentionally reveals doubt or incomplete knowledge/ understanding of a subject. (ex. I cannot tell you the number of times I rewrote this example, hoping that the next one would be better.)

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Apophasis

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Apophasis: reminding the audience of and affirming a fact wile pointedly denying, drawing more attention to it. (ex. “I don’t want to say anything bad about another doctor, especially one who’s a useless drunk.”