Rhetorical devices Flashcards | StudBudRhetorical devices
Analysis of poetry
1Anadiplosis
- The last word is the first word
- Repetition of phrases
2Equivoke
- Evoke distress
- Ambiguous use of a word
3Enallage
- Intentional misuse of punctuation
- Grammar mistake
4Hendiadys
- Combination of three words to create one idea (tris)
- Combination of two words to create one idea
6Anaphora
- Repetition of vowel sounds
- Repetition of phrases
7Caesura
- A rhythmic break
- A break in rhyme
8Polysyndeton
- Repetition of adverbs
- Repetition of conjunctions
9Epizeuxis
- Repetition of same word in succession
- Repetition of same word in sentence
