1.
Epizeuxis-
repetition of one word (for emphasis)
§ The United States
is always at war. All we do is fight, fight, fight.
§ Alone, alone, all
alone, Alone on a wide wide sea.
2.
Eponym -
substitutes for a particular attribute the name of a famous person recognized
for that attribute.
·
We all must
realize Uncle Sam is not supposed to be Santa Claus.
·
An earthworm is
the Hercules of the soil.
3.
Exemplum - citing
an example; using an illustrative story, either true or fictitious
·
•Let me give you
an example. In the early 1920's in Germany, the government let the printing
presses turn out endless quantities of paper money, and soon, instead of
50-pfennige postage stamps, denominations up to 50 billion marks were being
issued.
·
An instance, a
typical situation, a common example, to illustrate, let’s consider the
situation.
4.
Sentential Adverb
- is a single word or short phrase used to lend emphasis to the words
immediately proximate to the adverb. (We emphasize the words on each side of a
pause or interruption in order to maintain continuity of the thought.) For
Example:
c
But the lake was
not drained before April.
ü But the lake was
not, in fact, drained before April.
o Sentential
adverbs are most frequently placed near the beginning of a sentence, where
important material has been placed:
§ •All truth is
not, indeed, of equal importance; but if little violations are allowed, every
violation will in time be thought little.
o Sometimes they
are placed at the very beginning of a sentence, thereby serving as signals that
the whole sentence is especially important .
§ In short, the
cobbler had neglected his soul.
o In a few
instances, especially with short sentences, the sentential adverb can be placed
last.
§ Harold won, of
course.
o in fact, of
course, indeed, I think, without doubt, to be sure, naturally, it seems, after
all, for all that, in brief, on the whole, in short, to tell the truth, in any
event, clearly, I suppose, I hope, at least, assuredly, certainly, remarkably,
importantly, definitely.
5.
Hyperbaton- includes
several rhetorical devices involving departure from normal word order.
·
She had a
personality indescribable.
·
•His was a countenance sad.
ü make sure the
phrase is not affected:
c
Welcome to our
home comfortable.
c
That is a story amazing.
