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| anaphora |
repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |
| polysyndeton |
the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession |
| prosopopoeia |
personification of inanimate things; a figure of speech in which an imaginary, absent, or deceased person is represented as speaking or acting |
| climax |
a figure consisting of a series of related ideas so arranged that each surpasses the preceding in force or intensity |
| concinnity |
a close harmony of tone as well as logic among the elements of a discourse |
| narration |
in classical speech the exposition or explaining of the question |
| asyndeton |
the omission of conjunctions or complex propositions |
| anacoluthia |
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence |
| adversative asyndeton |
a staccato effect produced by omitting adversative connectives from between two or more items forming a group |
| onomatopoeia |
the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect |
| antithesis |
the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas |
| hypotyposis |
lifelike description of a thing or scene |
| hysteron proteron |
a figure of speech in which the logical order of two elements in discourse is reversed |
| flourish |
a parade of fine language; an expression used merely for effect |
| copulative asyndeton |
a staccato effect produced by omitting copulative connectives between two or more items in a group, such as ?Friends, Romans, countrymen? |
| paronomasia |
the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning |
| tenor |
the subject of a metaphor, such as ?she? in ?She is a rose? |
| trope |
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, or irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense |
| enallage |
the use of one grammatical form in place of another, as the plural for the singular in the editorial use of 'we' |
| hyperbole |
obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| symploce |
the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force |
| anastrophe |
inversion or reversal of the usual order of words |
| prolepsis |
the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance |
| ecphonesis |
the use of an exclamatory phrase |
| antiphrasis |
the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning |
| hypozeugma |
the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate |
| proposition |
a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated |
| homeoteleuton |
a series of words with the same or similar endings |
| hendiadys |
a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction |
| syncrisis |
the comparison of opposites |
| mimesis |
imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another |
| epanodos |
the recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech including in the reverse order |
| hypallage |
the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, such as in ?her beauty's face? for ?her face's beauty? |
| anadiplosis |
repetition of a prominent word in the first part of a clause usually with a change or extension of meaning |
| hypozeuxis |
the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, such as in ?I came, I saw, I conquered? |
| epistrophe |
the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |
| paregmenon |
the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, such as ?sense and sensibility? |
| apophasis |
denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated |
| comparison |
the considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common to both, such as the likening of a hero to a lion in courage |
| aporia |
the expression of a simulated or real doubt |
| ploce |
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, such as ?I am that I am? |
| apostrophe |
a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea |
| antonomasia |
the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, such as 'his lordship' |
| emphasis |
special and significant stress of voice laid on particular words or syllables |
| haploid |
pertaining to a single set of chromosomes. |
| zygote |
the cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage. |
| gamete |
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism. |
| anaphora |
repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |
| polysyndeton |
the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession |
| prosopopoeia |
personification of inanimate things; a figure of speech in which an imaginary, absent, or deceased person is represented as speaking or acting |
| climax |
a figure consisting of a series of related ideas so arranged that each surpasses the preceding in force or intensity |
| concinnity |
a close harmony of tone as well as logic among the elements of a discourse |
| narration |
in classical speech the exposition or explaining of the question |
| asyndeton |
the omission of conjunctions or complex propositions |
| anacoluthia |
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence |
| adversative asyndeton |
a staccato effect produced by omitting adversative connectives from between two or more items forming a group |
| onomatopoeia |
the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect |
| antithesis |
the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas |
| hypotyposis |
lifelike description of a thing or scene |
| hysteron proteron |
a figure of speech in which the logical order of two elements in discourse is reversed |
| flourish |
a parade of fine language; an expression used merely for effect |
| copulative asyndeton |
a staccato effect produced by omitting copulative connectives between two or more items in a group, such as ?Friends, Romans, countrymen? |
| paronomasia |
the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning |
| tenor |
the subject of a metaphor, such as ?she? in ?She is a rose? |
| trope |
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, or irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense |
| enallage |
the use of one grammatical form in place of another, as the plural for the singular in the editorial use of 'we' |
| hyperbole |
obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| symploce |
the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force |
| anastrophe |
inversion or reversal of the usual order of words |
| prolepsis |
the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance |
| ecphonesis |
the use of an exclamatory phrase |
| antiphrasis |
the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning |
| hypozeugma |
the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate |
| proposition |
a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated |
| homeoteleuton |
a series of words with the same or similar endings |
| hendiadys |
a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction |
| syncrisis |
the comparison of opposites |
| mimesis |
imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another |
| epanodos |
the recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech including in the reverse order |
| hypallage |
the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, such as in ?her beauty's face? for ?her face's beauty? |
| anadiplosis |
repetition of a prominent word in the first part of a clause usually with a change or extension of meaning |
| hypozeuxis |
the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, such as in ?I came, I saw, I conquered? |
| epistrophe |
the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences |
| paregmenon |
the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, such as ?sense and sensibility? |
| apophasis |
denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated |
| comparison |
the considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common to both, such as the likening of a hero to a lion in courage |
| aporia |
the expression of a simulated or real doubt |
| ploce |
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, such as ?I am that I am? |
| apostrophe |
a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea |
| antonomasia |
the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, such as 'his lordship' |
| emphasis |
special and significant stress of voice laid on particular words or syllables |
| haploid |
pertaining to a single set of chromosomes. |
| zygote |
the cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage. |
| gamete |
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism. |
