Uninterrupted repetition, or repetition with only one or two words in between.
“My heart is fixed, O’ God, my heart is fixed.”
die-uh-kaw-pay
To show extreme emotion
“The horror, the horror, the horror”
-Colonel Kurtz, Apocalypse Now
A literary scheme where words are repeated in the opposite order.
Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom.
ann-tie-moh-tab-oh-lee
The effects of Antimetabole
Creates a mnemonic device to help remember
Balances the sentence with parallel syntax
Creates a pleasant sounding sentence
Listing the kinds, qualities of details of something
“Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried . . . “
ee-new-muhr-ay-she-oh
Effects of enumeratio
Provides examples
Provides evidence to support an argument
Clarifies relationships
Interrupting a sentence with a word or short phrase to provide emphasis
"The minimum wage, I might add, today is far less than it was in 1960 and 1970 in terms of purchasing power."
ex-pluh-tiv
Expletives add nothing to the meaning, but can make cultural connections.
“Hamsters are legit, you know what I’m sayin’?”
“Dude, ducks are like the coolest thing ever, brah, they’re like flying boats!”
“She’s, like, so loose, like, her eyeballs, like, wobble.”
Stopping abruptly in the middle of a sentence.
“Would you like to come up to my place and . . .”
It means “sudden silence” in Greek
uh-poss-ee-oh-pee-sis
uh-poss-ee-oh-pee-sis
Function of aposiopesis
Can increase dramatic tension:
“Well, if I get hold of you I’ll . . . ”
Function of aposiopesis
Shows extreme emotion: Implies the speaker is unable to continue speaking.
“My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,�And I must pause till it come back to me.” [puts hand to forehead, walks away from the group]
Don’t get fooled . . .
You can’t always trust the ellipses as being a sure sign of aposiopesis.
Sometimes it doesn’t include ellipses at all.
A type of phrase, often set-off by commas, that provide additional information to a sentence.
That goat, the one with the long beard, ate my homework.
To clarify the noun it describes
That goat, the one with the long beard, ate my homework.
Clarifies which goat we’re talking about
Asking a question to which you then provide the answer to.
"When the enemy struck on that June day of 1950, what did America do? It did what it always has done in all its times of peril. It appealed to the heroism of its youth."
Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer.
hi-paw-for-uh
Effects of hypophora?
hi-paw-for-uh
Adds emphasis to the statement:
“Would you like your butt whipped, young man? No, I didn’t think so.”
Lends ethos to the speaker
Maxwell as a kid.
Maxwell’s dad
Instantly catches the listener’s attention.
“So what were you saying? Oh yeah, I remember now.”
A trope in which one substitutes a descriptive word or phrase for a noun.
(A “roundabout” way to describe or name)
“The big man upstairs hears your prayers.”
Pair-uh-fray-sis
To create a sense of irony:
“Rudy’s Battle of the Bulge failed miserably when he ate nine hotdogs the first day.”
To make logical connections based on shared characteristics:
The straw that broke the camel’s back climbed the crowded bleachers with disastrous results.