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domingo, 3 de marzo de 2024

Rhetoric structures


  1. Anaphora. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
  2. Epiphora.  Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. 
  3. Epizeuxis or palilogia. The repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence, for vehemence or emphasis.
  4. Parallelism. Rhetorical device that compounds words or phrases that have equivalent meanings so as to create a definite pattern.
  5. Isocolon. Succession of phrases, clauses, or sentences of approximately equal length and corresponding structure.
  6. Tricolon. Series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses. 
  7. Antithesis. Pairing of opposite ideas. Contrast in the ideas by an obvious contrast in the words, clauses, or sentences.
  8. Chiasmus. Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses –but no repetition of words.
  9. Juxtaposition. Placing two things side by side so as to highlight their differences.
  10. Diacope. Repetition of a word or phrase that is broken up by a single intervening word, or a small number of intervening words
  11. Anadiplosis. Repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.