RHETORICAL DEVICES: FIGURES OF REPETITION
ANAPHORA
RHETORICAL DEVICES: FIGURES OF REPETITION
ANAPHORA
Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases.
Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases.
Ex: . . . let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let
freedom ring from Lookout Mountain in Tennessee! Let freedom
ring from every hill and molehill in Mississippi.
Ex: . . . let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let
freedom ring from Lookout Mountain in Tennessee! Let freedom
ring from every hill and molehill in Mississippi.
EPISTROPHE
EPISTROPHE
Repetition at the end of successive clauses or phrases.
Repetition at the end of successive clauses or phrases.
Ex: that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
Ex: that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
SYMPLOCE = ANAPHORA + EPISTROPHE
Ex. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The
madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.
- G.K. Chesterton
ANADIPLOSIS
SYMPLOCE = ANAPHORA + EPISTROPHE
Ex. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The
madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.
- G.K. Chesterton
ANADIPLOSIS
Repetition of words at the end of one clause or phrase at the
beginning at the next.
Repetition of words at the end of one clause or phrase at the
beginning at the next.
Ex. Grades are not the most important thing. The most
important thing is learning. OR Fear leads to anger, anger
leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.
Ex. Grades are not the most important thing. The most
important thing is learning. OR Fear leads to anger, anger
leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.
ANTIMETABOLE
ANTIMETABOLE
Repetition of words in reverse order.
Repetition of words in reverse order.
Ex. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can
do for your country.
Ex. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can
do for your country.
RHETORICAL DEVICES: FIGURES OF REPETITION
ANAPHORA
RHETORICAL DEVICES: FIGURES OF REPETITION
ANAPHORA
Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases.
Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases.
Ex: . . . let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let
freedom ring from Lookout Mountain in Tennessee! Let freedom
ring from every hill and molehill in Mississippi.
Ex: . . . let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let
freedom ring from Lookout Mountain in Tennessee! Let freedom
ring from every hill and molehill in Mississippi.
EPISTROPHE
EPISTROPHE
Repetition at the end of successive clauses or phrases.
Repetition at the end of successive clauses or phrases.
Ex: that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
Ex: that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
SYMPLOCE = ANAPHORA + EPISTROPHE
Ex. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The
madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.
- G.K. Chesterton
ANADIPLOSIS
SYMPLOCE = ANAPHORA + EPISTROPHE
Ex. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The
madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.
- G.K. Chesterton
ANADIPLOSIS
Repetition of words at the end of one clause or phrase at the
beginning at the next.
Repetition of words at the end of one clause or phrase at the
beginning at the next.
Ex. Grades are not the most important thing. The most
important thing is learning. OR Fear leads to anger, anger
leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.
Ex. Grades are not the most important thing. The most
important thing is learning. OR Fear leads to anger, anger
leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.
ANTIMETABOLE
ANTIMETABOLE
Repetition of words in reverse order.
Repetition of words in reverse order.
Ex. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can
do for your country.
Ex. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can
do for your country.