Anadiplosis

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

Anaphora

the repetition of the same words or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses

Example:

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds..."- Winston Churchill

Antimetabole

Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order

Example:

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

-Moliere

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often used in parallel structure

Example:

"We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison."

-Red Jacket

Placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first

Example:

"The mountain was the earth, her home."

-Rudalfo Anaya

Deliberate omission of conjunctions beween a series of related clauses

Example:

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

-Julius Ceaser

reversal of grammatical structures in sucesssive phrases and clauses

Example:

"Exalts his enemies, his friends destroy."

-John Dryden

Arrngement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance

Example:

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

-Student Paper

Deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context

Example:

"Ande he to England shall along with you."

-Shakespeare

Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occured at the beginning of the clause

Example:

"Blood hath brought blood, and blows have answered blows..."

-Shakespeare

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses

Example:

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

-Red Cloud

A scheme of parallel structure which occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length (number of words or even number of syllables)

Example:

"An envious heart makes a trecherous ear."

-Their Eyes Were Watching God

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Example:

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

-Their Eyes Were Watching God

Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence

Repetition of words derived from the same root

Declarative: a simple statement

Interrogative: asks a question

Imperative: expresses request or demand

Exclamatory: expresses strong feelings

Simple: Independent clause

Compound: Two independent clauses connected by one coordinator

Complex: Independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

 Compound-Complex: Dependent clauses and an independent and dependent clauses

Rhetorical Syntax

Periodic: A long and frequently used sentence

Cumulative: An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea.

Dependent: A group of words that has a subject and a verb, but can not stand alone. (Subordinate Clause)

Independent: A group of words made up of a predicate and a subject and can stand alone.

Analysis: examination and explanation

Summary: Re-stating the passage

1.Choose and read carefully

2. Reread the stories

3. Formulate the answer to the question

4.Take notes on similar aspects of your passage

Diction: The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

Syntax: The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

Imagery: Visually descriptive or figuratice language, esp. in a literary work

Figurative Language: uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

Tone: The author's attitude in his/her writing

Defend: Agreement with opinions

Refute: Disagreement with opinions

Qualify: Seeing both sides

Claim: States your position on the issue you have chosen to write about

Evidence: evidence or data which you cite to support your claim

Warrant: interprets the data and shows it supports your claim

Logos: facts,statisitc,analogies, etc.

Pathos: Emotions

Ethos: Credibility

Underlining: Book Titles

Quotation Marks: Short stories, poems, etc.

Candid: Truthful and straightforward

Enthusiastic: Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment

Colloquial: Used in ordinary conversation

Condemnatory: containing or imposing condemnation or censure

Outraged: arouse fierce anger,shock,or indigntion

Hysterical: Effected by uncontrolled emotion

Consoling: comfort at a desperate time

Supportive: Providing Encouragement

Sympathetic: Showing sympathy

Sneering: Mocking manner

Condescending: Writing as if superior

Judgemental: judgement of the right or wrong