Transcript Literary and Rhetorical Devices 1-10

Oral Communications Diff.
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The same words and two independent clauses
but in reversed or changed order.
“Repetition of certain words in reverse order.”
EXAMPLE: “When the going gets tough, the
tough get going.”
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The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of
parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or
sentences; the second stage of a dialectic
process.
“The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting
words or phrases.”
EXAMPLE: “Action, not words.” OR “When pigs
fly.” OR “When hell freezes over.”
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Passing on to the strongest word after
advancing through milder ones.
“Going through milder words to get to the
strongest word at the end of the sentence.”
EXAMPLE: “The continuance of anger is
hatred; the continuance of hatred turns to
malice.”
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When two words that have the opposite
meaning of each other are put together in
one sentence.
“A contradiction of words.”
EXAMPLE: “Alone together.” OR “Pretty ugly.”
OR “Jumbo shrimp.”
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Repetition of the last word in one line or
clause to begin the next.
“The same word in a sentence and it begins
the next sentence. You repeat the last word
or phrase of the sentence in the beginning of
the next.”
EXAMPLE: “To beg your pardon. Pardon, I
beseech you.” OR “Fear leads to anger. Anger
leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
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The repetition of a word or words at the
beginning of two or more successive verses,
sentences, or clauses.
“The same word being repeated at the
beginning of two or more sentences in a
row.”
EXAMPLE: “He laughed at you. He laughed at
me. He laughed at us all.”
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Using a word in substitution for an original
word. (Slang.)
“Substituting a descriptive word for a proper
name. (Nickname.)”
EXAMPLE: “Strawberry.” OR “CAT Nyberg.” OR
“Mr. Right.”
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The direct address of some abstract quality or
nonexistent person.
EXAMPLE: “Hello, Darkness, my old friend. I’ve
come to talk with you again.” OR “Blue moon,
you saw me standing alone, without a dream
in a my heart, without a love of my own.”
(Songs use this a lot.)
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A scheme where conjunctions are omitted
from a series of related causes.
“A list of words or phrases as examples.”
EXAMPLE: “I came. I saw. I conquered. OR “I
like Jewish, French, and wheat bread.”
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A figure of speech in which a series is in a
certain order.
“Progression from lesser to a greater degree
of quality or quantity.”
EXAMPLE: “I began by sitting in a chair, then
driving a car, then BAM! I was at the controls
of a spaceship.”