Anadiplosis (an’-a-di-plo’-sis): The repetition of the last word (or phrase) from the previous line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next. Often combined with climax.
Hope sets it sights on the future. The future is filled with possibility. Possibility sets hope in action. In action, hope is realized.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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Anamnesis (an’-am-nee’-sis): Calling to memory past matters. More specifically, citing a past author [apparently] from memory. Anamnesis helps to establish ethos [credibility], since it conveys the idea that the speaker is knowledgeable of the received wisdom from the past.
As Friedrich Nietzsche said, “One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.” Let’s face it though: one does not need much of a memory to remember the promises that people fail to keep. That said, one should never make promises that one does not intend to keep. I intend to keep my promises and that, my friends, is a promise.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu). Gorgias has inserted the bracketed words [apparently] and [credibility].
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Antithesis (an-tith’-e-sis): Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas (often, although not always, in parallel structure).
We say hope. They say fear. Hoping and fearing, we are, in fact, making a fractured future. We need to find a way between the extremes–we need to rebalance our hopes and fears and retake the public spheres where there’s a turn for everybody in freedom’s conversation.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
Alliteration (al-lit’-er-a’-tion): Repetition of the same letter or sound within nearby words. Most often, repeated initial consonants. Taken to an extreme alliteration becomes the stylistic vice of paroemion where nearly every word in a sentence begins with the same consonant.
I went to the demonstration & saw a crowd of whiners waving signs with sophomoric slogans on them.
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Deesis (de’-e-sis): An adjuration (solemn oath) or calling to witness; or, the vehement expression of desire put in terms of “for someone’s sake” or “for God’s sake.”
For the sake of the the planet, stop the offshore drilling!
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
Paronomasia (pa-ro-no-ma’-si-a): Using words that sound alike but that differ in meaning (punning).
He’s all trussed up with no place to go.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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