Definition- repetition of the last word of one clause at    the beginning of the following clause

Ex. "The crime was common, common be the pain."

Definition- the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses

Ex. " We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills."

Definiton- repetion of words, in successive clauses, in reverse gramatical order.

Ex. "One should eat to live, not live to eat."

Definition- the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often used in parallel structure

Ex. "What if I am rich, and another is poor-strong, and he is weak-intelligent, and he is benighted-elevated,and he is depraved? Have we not one Father? Hath not one God created us?"

Definiton- placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation of modification of the first

Ex. "The mountain was the earth, her home."

Definiton- deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clause

Ex. "I came, I saw, I conquered."

Definiton- reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses

Ex. "Exalts his enemies, his friends destroy."

Definition- arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance

Ex. "Let a man acknowledge obligations to his family, his country, and his God."

Definition- deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context

Ex. "And he to England shall along with you."

Definiton- repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause

Ex. "Blood hath  brought blood, and blows: Strength match'd with strenght, and power confronted power."

Definiton- repetition of the smae word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses

Ex. "When we first came we were very many and you were few. Now you are many and we are getting very few."

Definiton- the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect

Ex. "It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days."

Definiton- a scheme of parallel structute which occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only gramatical structure but also in length

Ex. "An envious heart makes a treacherous ear."

Definition- similarity of structure in a pair or series of related word, phrases, or clauses

Ex. " So Janey waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time."

Defintion- insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentences

Ex. " And they went further and further from her, being attached to her by a thin thread (since they had lunched with her) which would stretch and stretch, get thinner and thinner as they walked across London; as if ones friends were atached to ones body."

Definiton- repetion of words derived from the same root

Ex. " We would like to contain the uncontainable future in a glass."

Definiton- Deliberate use of many conjuntctions

Ex. "[I]t is respectable to have no illusions--and safe--and profitable--and dull."

Definition- A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.

Ex. "Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"

1. constucts: functionl, grammatical, and rhetorical

    a. functional- declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory

    b. grammatical- simple, compound, complex, compund-complex

    c. rhetorical- periodic- and cumulative

2. clauses- dependent and independent

1. analysis vs. summary

2. steps in analysis

3. rhetorical choices- diction, suntax, imagery, figurative language, structure tone

1. defned, refute, or qualify

2. argument terminology- claim, evidence, warrant

3. rhetorical triangle

1. underlining vs. quotation marks

2. capitalization, grammer, punctuation

1. candid

2. enthusiastic

3. colloquial

4. condemnatory

5. outraged

6. hysterical

7. consoling

8. supportive

9. sympathetic

10. sneering

11. condescending

12. judgmental