Term
Scheme of Balance:
Parallelism |
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Definition
| Recurrent syntactical similarity. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similary to show that ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance. Parallelism also adds balance and rythum, most importantly, clarity to the sentence. |
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Term
Scheme of Balance:
Antithesis |
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Definition
| Establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together, often in a parallel structure. |
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Term
Scheme of Inversion:
Hyperbaton |
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Definition
| Includes several rehtorcial devices involving departure from normal word order. |
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Term
Scheme of Inversion:
Parenthesis |
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Definition
| Final form of hyperbaton, consists of a word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence. |
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Term
Scheme of inversion:
Appositive |
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Definition
| A noun or noun substitute places next to another noun to be described or defined by the appositive. The appostitve can be placed before or after the noun. |
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Term
Scheme of Omission:
Ellipsis |
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Definition
| Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context. |
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Term
Scheme of Omission:
Asyndeton |
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Definition
| Omiitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. In a list of items a asyndeton gives the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Alliteration |
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Definition
| The recurrence of initial consonant sounds. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Assonance |
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Definition
| Similar vowel sounds repeated in successive words containing different consonants. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Anaphora |
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Definition
| Repetition of the same words or words at the beginning of seccessive phrases, clauses, or sentences. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Epistrophe |
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Definition
| Froms the counterpart to anaphora, because of the repetition of the same word or words comes at the end of phrases, clauses or sentences. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Epanalepsis |
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Definition
| Repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Anadiplosis |
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Definition
| Repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Climax |
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Definition
| Consists of arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of increasing importance, weight, or emphasis. |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Antimetabole |
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Definition
| Figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause. (A-B, B-A) |
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Term
Scheme of Repetition:
Polyptoton |
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Definition
| Repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings. |
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