Tropes And Schemes

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PARALLELISM

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SEVERAL PARTS OF A SENTENCE OR SEVERAL SENTECES EXPRESSED SIMILIARLY TO SHOW THE IDEAS ARE EQUAL IN IMPORTANCE

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ANTITHESIS

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CONTRASTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO IDEAS BY CONTRASTING/JUXTASUPOSING THEM EX.to err is human, to forgive,devine.

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ANTIMETABOLE

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REVERSING THE ORDER OF REPEATED WORDS TO SHOW CONTRAST OR PRESENT ALTERNATIVES. EX. ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country

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CHIASMUS

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SECOND PART OF GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION IS BALANCED BY THE OTHER, IN REVERSE ORDER. EX: what is learned unwillingly is willingly forgotten

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PARENTHESIS

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word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence

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Appositive

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noun or noun substitute placed next to (in apposition to) another noun to be described or defined by the appositive EX:Henry Jameson, the boss of the operation, always wore a red baseball cap.

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Asyndeton

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ommiting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.EX: On his return he received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame.

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Ellipsis

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ommission of words, sometimes assumed by the reader...

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Polysyndeton

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use of conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause. Makes the reader ponder. EX:They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked.

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Apophasis

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emphasizes something by seeming to pass over it. EX:We will not bring up the matter of the budget deficit here, or how programs like the one under consideration have nearly pushed us into bankruptcy, because other reasons clearly enough show . . . .

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Alliteration

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reoccuring initial consonant sounds. ex. Ah, what a delicious day!

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Anaphora

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repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences, commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism EX:Free at last, Free at last… Thank God almighty, Free at Last!

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Assonance

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vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonants. EX:A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid

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Epistrophe

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repetition of the same word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. EX. Where affections bear rule, there reason is subdued, honesty is subdued, good will is subdued, and all things else that withstand evil, for ever are subdued.

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Anadiplosis

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repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. EX:Pleasure might cause her to read, reading might make her know,/ Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain

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Climax

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arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis

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Epanalepsis:

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repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. EX:Water alone dug this giant canyon; yes, just plain water

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Epizeuxis

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repetition of one word EX:The best way to describe this portion of South America is lush, lush, lush.

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Eponym

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substitutes for a particular attribute the name of a famous person recognized for that attribute. EX: Is he smart? Why, the man is an Einstein

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Zeugma

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yoking together of two or more parts of speech by another part of speech. EX:Fluffy rolled on her back, raised her paws, and meowed to be petted.

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hypophora

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raising one or more questions then proceeding to answer them. EX: Where is it…? We get a clue

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Metaphor

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asserts that one thing is another thing

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Synecdoche

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type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part. EX:Farmer Jones has two hundred head of cattle and three hired hands

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Metonymy

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the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with (but not an actual part of) the subject with which it is to be compared-ex. You can't fight city hall.

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Personification

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metaphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes. EX:This coffee is strong enough to get up and walk away.

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Analogy

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showing how an unfamiliar idea or object is similar to a familiar one. EX: You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables. --Samuel Johnson

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Antimeria

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verbs to nouns, nouns to verbs. EX:This was a great read

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Onomatopoeia

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use of words whose pronunciation imitates the sound the word describes. EX:: slam, pow, screech, whirr, crush, sizzle, crunch, wring, wrench, gouge, grind, mangle, bang, blam, pow, zap, fizz, burp, roar, growl, blip, click, whimper, and, of course, snap, crackle, and pop

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Hyperbole

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deliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect. EX:are a thousand reasons why more research is needed on solar energy

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Litotes

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form of understatement, is generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used. EX: Heat waves are not rare in the summer