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Anaphora

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Section 1

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Anaphora

Front

Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences (or lines in poetry). EFFECT: emphasize or connect ideas

Back

Epistrophe

Front

Repetition at the end of successive sentences or clauses (or lines of poetry). EFFECT: emphasize or connect ideas.

Back

Antimetabole

Front

A "mirrored" sentence effect in which a sentence or clause is reversed in a subsequent sentence or clause. EFFECT: emphasize or connect two ideas

Back

Climax

Front

Series of examples with the final example in the series being the most important or receiving the most emphasis. EFFECT: emphasize the most important object in a set

Back

Parallelism

Front

Similar syntactical pattern in multiple sentences, clauses, paragraphs. EFFECT: emphasize or connect ideas

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

In a series, the use of no commas with an excessive amount of coordinating conjunctions. EFFECT: extend an idea or overwhelm the reader

Back

Alliteration

Front

Repetition of consonant sounds in successive words. EFFECT: emphasize or connect ideas; create rhythm (mostly for poetry)

Back

Anastrophe

Front

Normal subject/predicate order or modifier/subject or modifier/predicate order is inverted. EFFECT: emphasize a different aspect of the sentence

Back

Juxtaposition

Front

Two ideas/objects/whatever are compared/contrasted. EFFECT: um . . . to compare or contrast two ideas?

Back

Asyndeton

Front

In a series, the use of commas without coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) to separate the commas. EFFECT: quickens the pace; creates rhythm

Back

Antithesis

Front

Parallelism that creates a negation. EFFECT: reveal a truth through negation; contrast two ideas

Back

Rhetorical question

Front

Asks a question to which no answer need be provided. EFFECT: Audience supplies their own answer because answer is implied or obvious; connects audience to questioner ("Hey, we both have the same answer! That means we believe the same stuff!")

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Circumlocution

Front

An idea that could be simply expressed is elaborately expressed. EFFECT: usually creates humor

Back