Rhetorical Devices

Same word/phrase at the BEGINNING of a series of clauses

• ANAPHORA

• ANTISTROPHE

• ANADIPLOSIS

Same word/phrase at the END of a series of clauses

• Anaphora!

• Antistrophe!

• Anadiplosis!

Same word/phrase at END, then BEGINNING of new clause

• Anaphora!

• Antistrophe!

• Anadiplosis!

Too many conjunctions! (and...and...and...and...)

• Asyndeton!

• Polysyndeton!

Not enough conjunctions! (no 'and')

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

Balanced construction / 2 linked clauses [not only...but also, both...and]

• parallel construction

• tricolon crescens

Three clauses, the most important at the end

• parallel construction

• tricolon crescens

concrete imagery [LIKE / AS]

• simile

• metaphor

concrete imagery [NO like / as]

• simile

• metaphor

polite speech

• euphemism

• apostrophe

• paradox