Farnsworth's classical English rhetoric / by Ward Farnsworth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : David R. Godine, Publisher, 2011.Description: x, 253 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1567923852 : HRD
  • 9781567923858
Other title:
  • Classical English rhetoric
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808/.042 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1408 .F285 2011
Contents:
Repetition of words and phrases. Simple repetition of words and phrases: epizeuxis, epimone, etc. -- Repetition at the start: anaphora -- Repetition at the end: epistrophe -- Repetition at the start and end: symploce -- Repeating the ending at the beginning: anadiplosis -- Repeating the root: polyptoton -- Structural matters. Parallel phrases and sentences: isocolon -- Reversal of structure: chiasmus -- Inversion of words: anastrophe -- Using extra conjunctions: polysyndeton -- Leaving out conjunctions: asyndeton -- Leaving out words: ellipsis -- Dramatic devices. Saying things by not saying them: praeteritio -- Breaking off in midstream: aposiopesis -- Correcting oneself: metanoia -- The double negative and other uses of negativity: litotes -- Rhetorical questions: erotesis -- Asking questions and answering them: hypophora.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253).

Repetition of words and phrases. Simple repetition of words and phrases: epizeuxis, epimone, etc. -- Repetition at the start: anaphora -- Repetition at the end: epistrophe -- Repetition at the start and end: symploce -- Repeating the ending at the beginning: anadiplosis -- Repeating the root: polyptoton -- Structural matters. Parallel phrases and sentences: isocolon -- Reversal of structure: chiasmus -- Inversion of words: anastrophe -- Using extra conjunctions: polysyndeton -- Leaving out conjunctions: asyndeton -- Leaving out words: ellipsis -- Dramatic devices. Saying things by not saying them: praeteritio -- Breaking off in midstream: aposiopesis -- Correcting oneself: metanoia -- The double negative and other uses of negativity: litotes -- Rhetorical questions: erotesis -- Asking questions and answering them: hypophora.

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