1. Introduction to Rhetorical Techniques “The duty and office of rhetoric is to apply reason to imagination for the better moving of the will.” – Francis Bacon

2. Devices of Repetition Anaphora: repetition at the beginning of a series of clauses or sentences. “ …a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up…” –Ecclesiastes Can you think of other famous examples?

3. Devices of Repetition Epistrophe: repetition at the end of multiple clauses or sentences. “In old age we laugh at our past, sigh for our past, cry out over our past.”

4. Devices of Repetition Anadiplosis: takes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it near the beginning of the next sentence or phrase. “In education we find the measure of our own ignorance; in ignorance we find the beginning of wisdom.”

5. ? Devices of Questioning ? Rhetorical Question: a question whose answer is implied “For what can war but endless war breed?” --John Milton

6. Devices of Questioning Anthypophora: the technique of asking a question, then proceeding to answer it. “You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. = Devices of Comparison = Metaphor, Simile, Allusion Antithesis: makes use of a contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideas. That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” –Neil Armstrong “I am not interested in punishing banks, I'm interested in protecting our economy.” – President Obama

8. Devices of Syntax Parallelism: using the same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence in order to link them all. “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessing; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” –Winston Churchill

9. Devices of Syntax Telegraphic Sentence: 6 words or fewer Asyndeton: leaves out conjunctions in a list or between clauses Polysyndeton: inclusion of grammatically unnecessary conjunctions in a list or between clauses. “America’s main streets and malls now boast the same Pizza Huts and Taco Bells, Gaps and Banana Republics, Starbucks and Jiffy-Lubes, Foot Lockers, Snip N’Clips, Sunglass Huts, and Hobbytown USAs.” – Eric Schlosser