Rhetoric Devices

Flashcards for rhetoric devices

Antithesis

A direct opposite of someone or something

Anastrophe

Reversing normal word order

Asyndeton

Leaving out conjunctions (like “and”)

Apposition

A second phrase explains the first

Antanaclasis

Repeating a word with a new meaning

Anadiplosis

Ending a clause with a word, then starting the next with it

Anaphora

Repeating a word at the start of sentences

Climax

The most intense or important part

Chiasmus

Reversing word order in two phrases

Ellipses

Leaving out words that are understood

Epistrophe

Repeating a word at the end of sentences

Litotes

Saying something by denying its opposite

Paradox

A statement that seems wrong but has truth

Parallelism

Repeating similar sentence structure

Polysyndeton

Using many conjunctions on purpose

Parenthesis

Inserting extra information into a sentence