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allusion

This rhetorical device is a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history

allusion example

“emancipation proclamation” “five score years ago”

colloquial

characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

example of colloquial

“woke”

connotation

the set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning

connotation example

“victim” “menacing closely”

denotation

the literal meaning of a word, the dictionary definition

denotation example

the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities

didactic

tone; instructional, designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson

didactic example

“always obey ur parents”

hyperbole

deliberate exaggeration of a person, thing, quality, event to emphasize a point external to the object of exaggeration

hyperbole example

“extrodinary collection”

litotes

Deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite.

litotes example

I cannot say that I consider you to be kind to the ladies.

metonymy

a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated

metonymy example

“moscow evil empire”

personification

represents abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities, including physical, emotional, and spiritual; the application of human attributes or abilities to nonhuman entities.

personification example

“manacles” and “chains”

synecdoche

the rhetorical substitution of a part for the whole

synecdoche example

“beams girders and columns”

alliteration

the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words

alliteration example

“face the fire at freedoms front”

anaphora

repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or linesana

anaphora example

“I have a dream”

assonance

 the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant soundsas

assonance example

”His tender heir might bear his memory.”

anadiplosis

takes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it near the beginning of the next sentence or phrase.

anadiplosis example

“In education we find the measure of our own ignorance; in ignorance we find the beginning of wisdom.”

chiasmus

repetition of ideas in inverted order

chiasmus example

“country can do for”

 Conduplicatio

Takes an important word from anywhere in one sentence or phrase and repeats that word at the beginning of the next sentence or phrase.

conduplicatio example

"This law destroys the fruits of thirty years of struggle, bringing us back to a less enlightened time. Law should be evolutionary, building up rather than tearing down.”

consonance

the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, as in assonance

consonance example

At the edge of the bridge, I stood, refusing to budge or to even acknowledge my predicament.”

epistrophe

ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words

epistrophe example

”For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best.”

parallelism

a repetition of sentences using the same grammatical structure emphasizing all aspects of the sentence equally

parallellism example

”Feed a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed a man for life.”

Polysyndeton

The use of many conjunctions has the effect of slowing the pace or emphasizing the numerous words or clauses

polysytndenton example

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”