Rhetorical Strategies And Stylistic Devices
Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Devices
Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Ex. “GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, AND WISDOM ALWAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.” (Slaughter House-Five,60)
Allusion- a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Ex. “Canst thou draw out le-vi’-a-than with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?” (Bible, Job 41:23)
Anaphora- the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Ex. This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, …show more content…
"They had a ghostly, opalescent similarity." (Slaughterhouse Five, pg.96)
Context-the words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning.
Ex. In Slaughter House Five the Context is World War II Bombing of Dresden
Counterargument- an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
Ex. Predestination and Free Will (SlaughterHouse Five)
Cumulative Sentence- An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea.
Ex. "He was an eerie sight, a bundle of rags standing at the end of the stairs, his shadow on the wall looming over him," is an example of a cumulative sentence from "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers.
Hortative Sentence- is a sentence that is more of a suggestion; used when you are advising some or calling something to action.
Ex. An example of a hortative sentence is, "Just try it at least once!" (YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2014 by LoveToKnow Corp)
Imperative Sentence- is a sentence that commands a request, and uses the understood “You.”
Ex. “Go Away …show more content…
Questions in English are usually characterized by inversion of the subject and the first verb in the verb phrase.
Ex. “Where in the world are you!” (literarydevices.net)
Juxtaposition- is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
Ex. Billy is an optometrist, or a doctor who specializes in the care of sight and eyes. It is slightly ironic, though, that Billy works with sight because his own view of his life is changed as well. Just as he helps his patients to literally see more clearly, the Tralfamadorians helped him to see the truths of life more clearly. (Slaughterhouse Five)
Metaphor-is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or objects that are poles apart from each other but have some characteristics common between them.
Ex. “It was realized then that there was no food or water , and that survivors, if they were going to survive, where going to have to climb over the curve on the face of the moon.” (Slaughterhouse Five pg. 179) going to survive, were going the moon."
Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Ex. “GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, AND WISDOM ALWAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.” (Slaughter House-Five,60)
Allusion- a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Ex. “Canst thou draw out le-vi’-a-than with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?” (Bible, Job 41:23)
Anaphora- the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Ex. This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, …show more content…
"They had a ghostly, opalescent similarity." (Slaughterhouse Five, pg.96)
Context-the words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning.
Ex. In Slaughter House Five the Context is World War II Bombing of Dresden
Counterargument- an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
Ex. Predestination and Free Will (SlaughterHouse Five)
Cumulative Sentence- An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea.
Ex. "He was an eerie sight, a bundle of rags standing at the end of the stairs, his shadow on the wall looming over him," is an example of a cumulative sentence from "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers.
Hortative Sentence- is a sentence that is more of a suggestion; used when you are advising some or calling something to action.
Ex. An example of a hortative sentence is, "Just try it at least once!" (YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2014 by LoveToKnow Corp)
Imperative Sentence- is a sentence that commands a request, and uses the understood “You.”
Ex. “Go Away …show more content…
Questions in English are usually characterized by inversion of the subject and the first verb in the verb phrase.
Ex. “Where in the world are you!” (literarydevices.net)
Juxtaposition- is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
Ex. Billy is an optometrist, or a doctor who specializes in the care of sight and eyes. It is slightly ironic, though, that Billy works with sight because his own view of his life is changed as well. Just as he helps his patients to literally see more clearly, the Tralfamadorians helped him to see the truths of life more clearly. (Slaughterhouse Five)
Metaphor-is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or objects that are poles apart from each other but have some characteristics common between them.
Ex. “It was realized then that there was no food or water , and that survivors, if they were going to survive, where going to have to climb over the curve on the face of the moon.” (Slaughterhouse Five pg. 179) going to survive, were going the moon."