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Rhetorical Devices
List of rhetorical devices for AP Lang & Comp
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Undergraduate 1
05/19/2010

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asyndeton
Definition
omitting conjunctions
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polysyndeton
Definition
use of a conjuction between each word, phrase, or clause
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amplification
Definition
repeating a word or expression while adding detail
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parallelism
Definition
recurrent synatical similarity
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anaphora
Definition
repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
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epistrophe (antistrophe)
Definition
repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
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hypophora
Definition
raising questions, then proceeding to answer them
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erotesis (rhetorical question)
Definition
question raised but not answered, as the answer is obvious or obviously desired
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