Vocabulary Set #4

Vocabulary Set #4

by Kati Stein

Anadiplosis​

​The literary term for a rhetorical device in which a writer or speaker uses a word near the end of the clause and then repeats that word to begin the next clause.

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Why do we use Anadiplosis? Because of its stylistic power to persuade, to beautify words through rhythm and cadence. Emphasizes main point.​

​​Examples:

“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” —Yoda, Star Wars

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Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution.”—George Bush, 2001

Open Ended

Create an example of anadiplosis.

​Anaphora

The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.

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​Example:

“In every cry of every Man,

In every infant's cry of fear

In every voice, in every ban”- "London," William Blake

Open Ended

Provide an example of anaphora

Asyndeton​

A writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words, phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning.

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​​"Normal" sentence: I came, I saw, and I conquered

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​Example of Asyndeton:

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​I came, I saw, I conquered.

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Open Ended

Create an example of asyndeton

​Meiosis

​The Greek term for understatement or belittling; a rhetorical figure of language by which something is referred to in terms less important than it really deserves. Usually serves as a euphemism.

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​Example:

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​Our Peculiar Institution (slavery in the American south before the Civil War)

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The Recent Unpleasantness (after the Civil War, what those in the American south referred to those events as

Open Ended

What is meiosis?

​Polysyndeton

​The repetition of conjunctions in close succession.

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​Conjunctions: FANBOYS

​for, and, nor, but, or yet, so

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From "Valerie"

​And I look across the water

And I think of all the things, what you’re doing

And in my head I paint a picture.

Open Ended

Provide an example of polysyndeton

Tri-colon

A series of three words, phrases or sentences that are parallel in structure, length and/or rhythm.  Common rhetorical device

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​From the "Wizard of Oz"

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​You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe.

Open Ended

Provide an example of a tri-colon

Multiple Choice

What is rhetoric?

• Language that is confusing.

• Language, images, or sounds meant to persuade.

• Stolen images or sounds.

• Ms. Brown's favorite band.

Multiple Choice

An appeal to credibility

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Multiple Choice

An appeal to emotion

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Multiple Choice

The sentence below is an example of _____________________.

"Their friendship endured in spite of arguments, boyfriends, distance.

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

• Climactic Order

• Parallelism

Multiple Choice

She wanted the lightness back, the confidence, the strength.

• Polysyndeton and tricolon

• Asyndeton and tricolon

• Parallel Structure and tricolon

• Parallel Structure and climactic order