list of vocab

vpcag

Alliteration

Repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence.

example:Simple Simon sat on the straw and Peter Piper picked a Peck of pickled Peppers.

Anadiplosis

Repetition, last word of a clause begins the next clause, creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose.

Anaphora

Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive lines or sentences

Antithesis

Observation or claim that is in opposition to another claim.

Asyndeton

Deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses.

Epistrophe

Ending of a series of lines, phrases, or sentences with the same word or words.

Imperative

Command.

Metaphor

Figure of speech comparing what is unknown to something known.

Oxymoron

Two words that create a sense of opposition.

Paradox

Figure of speech creating a mental discontinuity.

Parallelism

Pattern of language creating rhythm or repetition.

Parentheticals in parentheses

Phrases or sentences inside parentheses.

Polysyndeton

Use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions, even when not needed.

Tricolon

Sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts.

Micro

small representation that leads to a big idea

Macro

a whole complex structure that makes a broad commentary about a project.

Rhetorical situation

exogence, purpose, audience, message, writer, context