Madison Mertz, Jenardis Mountain, Seth McLendon Rhetorical Devices Madison Mertz, Jenardis Mountain, Seth McLendon
Chiasmus (kaɪˈæzməs) A chiasmus is a type of balance in which the second part is balanced against the first, but with the part reversed. This means that basically you would just turn the sentence around. Pronounced: (kaɪˈæzməs)
You forget what you wanna remember and remember what you wanna forget Chiasmus Example 1 You forget what you wanna remember and remember what you wanna forget
Chiasmus example 2 “Do I love you because you’re beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?”
Oxymoron A self-contradicory combination of words or smaller verbal units usually noun-noun, adjective-adjective, adjective-noun, adverb-adverb, adverb-verb
Oxymoron example Alone together Civil war Clearly misunderstood Crash landing
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Janus words Janus words are any word that can have contradictory meanings. These words are similar to oxymoron except oxymorons are two words that are self contradictory but Janus words are one word with two contradictory meanings
Litotes A form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite Pronounced: (laɪˈtoʊˌtiz)
Litotes examples Ferris does not have what we consider to be an exemplary attendance record
Litotes examples You are not unwelcome No ordinary city