1. { Literary & Rhetorical Devices OCD Period 2

2.  A rhetorical device used to emphasize a point by creating an easily remembered verbal association.  Inverting the order of repeated words.  Chuck Norris doesn’t respect original order. Original order respects Chuck Norris. Antimetabole

3.  Two opposite ideas are put into a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.  Give everyman thy ear but few thy voice. Antithesis

4.  Passing on to the strongest word after advancing through milder ones.  Slowly but surely growing from moderate to strong words.  When he found out he was getting paid he went from happy, to excited, then exhilaration. Gradualism

5.  A combination of contradictory or incongruous words.  A figure of speech where two opposite terms are found together.  Awfully beautiful. Least Favorite. Unpopular celebrity. Sweet agony. Oxymoron

6.  The repetition of a word or words in successive clauses.  Repetition of one word at the end of one clause and the beginning of the next clause.  The general became slave. The slave became a gladiator. The gladiator defied an emperor. Anadiplosis

7.  The repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses.  The sometime excessive repeating of a phrase at the beginning of a subject and predicate.  This blessed plot, this earth, this realm…this England. This Nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings. This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land. Anaphora

8.  The identification of a person by an epithet or an appellative that is not that person’s name.  Replacing a name with a title or epithet.  J.K. Rowlings of “you know who” or “he who must not be named” instead of Voldermort. Antonomasia

9.  Addressing of a usually absent person or usually personified thing rhetorically.  Speaking directly to an inanimate object or thing.  Oh Starbucks, how I love you. Apostrophe

10.  An omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.  Leaving conjunctions out of a sentence to speed up the rhythm of a sentence.  I came, I saw, I conquered. Asyndeton

11.  Progression from lesser to greater degree of quality or quantity.  I had 2 cows, than I had 10 cows and finally ended up with 50 cows.  My average was 2 points, than 10 and finally 16 points per game. Climax

12.  The eradication of all possible solutions but the desired one  Removing all potentially incorrect answers  By crossing off incorrect answers of A, B, and C, I ended up with the correct answer, D. Elimination

13.  The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences  Repeating a word or a phrase at the end of a sentence repeatedly  I am Keith. You are Keith. We are Keith.  White people deserve to vote. Black People deserve to vote. Everyone deserves to vote. Epistrophe

14.  When the sender poses a question and then answers the question immediately.  Much like a rhetorical question, however, a rhetorical question does not require an answer  What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing to do is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. Hypophora

15.  Wavering between 2 or more possible choices of sentences or action  Feigned uncertainty of how to say what follows  I don’t know what I will say to her next time I see her Indecision

16.  Repetition of the first and last words 2 sentences in a row.  Leia is awesome. Leia thinks you are awesome. Interplacement

17.  The expression of one’s meaning that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect  Saying the opposite of what you mean  My, don’t you look nice today. Irony

18.  Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play  When the audience knows something the actors do not.  The shower scene in Psycho starts our with the character not hearing the killer because the water is running, but the audience knows he is there. Dramatic Irony

19.  Irony involving a situation in which actions ave an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected  Outcome of an event being the opposite of what was intended to happen  The fire station burned down  The police station got robbed  The marriage counselor files for divorce Situational Irony

20.  Irony in which a person says something and means another or uses words to convey a meaning that is opposite of the literal meaning  When you say something and mean something else.  Clear as mud. Verbal Irony

21.  The use of irony to mock or convey contempt  Saying something ironically without sincerity  I work 40 hours a week to be this poor.  Nice perfume, did you marinate in it?  Is it time for your medication or mine? Sarcasm