Untitled Flashcards Set

Alliteration

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

Anaphora

The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds.

Anadiplosis

Repeating the last word of a sentence or phrase near the beginning of the next sentence or phrase.

Chiasmus

Repetition of ideas in inverted order.

Conduplicatio

Repeating an important word from anywhere in a sentence or phrase at the beginning of the next sentence or phrase.

Consonance

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels.

Epistrophe

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

Parallelism

The repetition of sentences using the same grammatical structure.

Polysyndeton

The use of many conjunctions, slowing the pace or emphasizing numerous words or clauses.

example of alliteration

 face the fire at freedom's front

example of anaphora

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream

example of assonance

”His tender heir might bear his memory.”

example of andiplosis

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

example of chiasmus

ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

example of conduplicatio

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.

example of consonance

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

example of epistrophe

”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.”

example of parallelism

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

example of polysyndeton

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