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Rhetoric: the art of speaking or
writing effectively
Public speakers and writers use a variety of tools to improve the way
they sound…these are called rhetorical devices.
Rhetorical Devices
RHETORICAL DEVICES OF REPETITION
• Anadiplosis
– (“Doubling back") The rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/anadiplosis.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
• Anaphora
– The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/anaphora.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
• Epistrophe
– Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
• http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/epistrophe.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
RHETORICAL DEVICES OF BALANCE
• Parallelism
• To use identical sentence or phrase patterns to express ideas that are closely related. Parallel construction is always a vital and powerful tool of oral communication; it makes your random ideas fit together better in the minds of your listeners.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/parallelism.htm
• Listen to at least 2 examples!
• Antithesis
– Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/antithesis.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
RHETORICAL DEVICES OF OMISSION
• Asyndeton
– Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/asyndeton.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
• Polysyndeton
– Use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause; structurally the opposite of asyndeton.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/polysyndeton.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
RHETORICAL DEVICES OF DICTION
• Hypophora
– Consists of raising one or more questions and then proceeding to answer them, usually at some length.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/hypophora.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
• Euphemism
– Substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant.
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/euphemismos.htm
– Listen to at least 2 examples!
This I Believe
• Now, go back to your This I Believe draft.
• Incorporate 2 different rhetorical devices.
• Highlight them in bright green.
You now have 2 yellow highlights
and 2 bright green highlights.
Anadiplosis Parallelism Polysyndeton
Anaphora Antithesis Hypophora
Epistrophe Asyndeton Euphemism