OCD 7 th PERIOD LITERARY RHETORICAL DEVICES

ANTIMETABOLE Repetition of words in reverse order Ex: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Ex: Eat to live, but do not live to eat.

ANTITHESIS A contrast between two words or phrases. Ex: Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit. Ex: When Hell freezes over! Ex: Many are called, but few are chosen.

GRADUALISM Moving through milder words to the strongest word at the end of a phrase or sentence. Ex: The continuance of anger is hatred; the continuance of hatred turns to malice.

OXYMORON Two words with opposite meanings accompanying each other in a sentence. Ex: Dry Ice Ex: Icy Hot Ex: Jumbo Shrimp

ANADIPLOSIS Repeat the end of the last sentence in the beginning of the next. Ex: Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.

ANAPHORA Repeating word(s) in the beginning of two or more consecutive sentences, verses, clauses. We came. We saw. We Conquered. The sky was blue. The sky was brilliantly blue.

ANTONOMASIA The use of a title instead of a name. Ex: Calling a judge “Your Honor” Ex: When I actually met “Mr. Right” I had no idea that his first name was “Always.”

APOSTROPHE Words addressed to a thing or person that is absent. Ex: Hello darkness my old friend, I have come to talk to you again. Ex: Oh western wind when wilt thou blow?

ASYNDENTON Omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. A list of words or phrases. Ex: We came. We saw. We conquered. Ex: I like French, wheat, cinnamon, raisin bread.

CLIMAX Progressing from a lesser to a greater degree of quality or quantity. Ex: I began by sitting in a chair, then driving a car, then flying a plane, then piloting a spaceship.