1. Rhetorical Devices Presentation By: Monteamus Wells, Cameron Thompson, & Dar Thompson

2. Juxtapose jux·ta·pose ˈ j ə kst ə ˌ p ō z, ˌ j ə kst ə ˈ p ō z/ Placing two ideas side by side or close together. Sometimes the two ideas are completely different.

3. Example: The program juxtaposed straightforward songs with open-ended improvisations.

4. Polysyndeton poly·syn·de·ton [pol-ee-sin-di-ton, -tuh n] It the repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect.

5. Example: You can find polysyndetons in a lot of Dr. Seuss books. “ Here and there and everywhere.” “...for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or a No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.”

6. Synecdoche Synecdoche is a type of figurative language in which the whole is used for a part and a part is used for a whole. It’s first known use was in the 15 th century. It is pronounced se- nek-da-key.

7. Examples: Examples of synecdoche include, “In the dying year”, the whole being used to stand for a part, “autumn”. Also, the use of “Wall Street” to refer to the money market or financial affairs to the entire U.S. One more example, as which a part is a whole, “fifty sails for fifty ships”.