VOCAB CITATION PRACTICE
1. Alliteration - Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence.
Example 1 - “[L]et us go forth to lead the land we love…”
Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. Print.
Example 2 - “I shall delight to hear the ocean roar, or see the stars twinkle, in the company of men to whom Nature does not spread her volumes or utter her voice in vain.” --Samuel Johnson
Harris, Robert A. A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices. VisualSalt, 19 Jan. 2013. Web. 14 Nov. 2013.
2. Allusion - Brief reference to a person, event, or place or to a work of art.
Example 1- “Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah...” (See number 1, example 1)
Example 2- “You must borrow me Gargantua's mouth first. 'Tis a word too great for any mouth of this age's size.” --Shakespeare (See number 1, example 2)
3. Anaphora - Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
Example 1 - “...not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need - not as a call to battle, though embattled we are…” (See number 1, example 1)
Example 2 - “In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace.” --Richard de Bury (See number 1, example 2)
4. Antimetabole - Repetition of words in reverse order.
Example 1- “ Ask not what your country can do for you-- ask what you can do for your country.”
(See number 1, example 1)
Example 2- “All work and no play is as harmful to mental health as all play and no work.”
(See number 1, example 2)
5. Antithesis - Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction.
Example 1 - “[W]e shall...support any friend, oppose any foe…” (See number 1, example 1)
Example 2 - “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” --Pope (See number 1, example 2)
6. Archaic Diction - Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words.
Example 1 - “beliefs for
Example 1 - “[L]et us go forth to lead the land we love…”
Language of Composition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. Print.
Example 2 - “I shall delight to hear the ocean roar, or see the stars twinkle, in the company of men to whom Nature does not spread her volumes or utter her voice in vain.” --Samuel Johnson
Harris, Robert A. A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices. VisualSalt, 19 Jan. 2013. Web. 14 Nov. 2013.
2. Allusion - Brief reference to a person, event, or place or to a work of art.
Example 1- “Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah...” (See number 1, example 1)
Example 2- “You must borrow me Gargantua's mouth first. 'Tis a word too great for any mouth of this age's size.” --Shakespeare (See number 1, example 2)
3. Anaphora - Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
Example 1 - “...not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need - not as a call to battle, though embattled we are…” (See number 1, example 1)
Example 2 - “In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace.” --Richard de Bury (See number 1, example 2)
4. Antimetabole - Repetition of words in reverse order.
Example 1- “ Ask not what your country can do for you-- ask what you can do for your country.”
(See number 1, example 1)
Example 2- “All work and no play is as harmful to mental health as all play and no work.”
(See number 1, example 2)
5. Antithesis - Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction.
Example 1 - “[W]e shall...support any friend, oppose any foe…” (See number 1, example 1)
Example 2 - “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” --Pope (See number 1, example 2)
6. Archaic Diction - Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words.
Example 1 - “beliefs for