1 / 5

Enumeratio

Enumeratio. Pronounciation : i -ˈn(y)ü- mə -ˌ rāt -o Definition: To detail parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly.(www. v irtualsalt.com) Etymology:

cheryl
Download Presentation

Enumeratio

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Enumeratio Pronounciation: \i-ˈn(y)ü-mə-ˌrāt-o\ Definition: To detail parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly.(www. virtualsalt.com) Etymology: Latin enumeratus, past participle of enumerare, from e- + numerare to count, from numerus number First Known Use: 1616 Examples: First, we go to the store, second, we buy food. Third, we eat the food. I love dogs, cats, pigs, horses, fish, cows, lizards, deer, lions, tigers, bears When the new Walmart opened it lead to job opportunities, tax cuts, people moved into the town

  2. Epanalepsis Pronounciation: [ep-uh-nuh-lep-sis] Definition: Repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. The beginning and the end are the two positions of strongest emphasis in a sentence, so by having the same word in both places, you call special attention to it Etymology: 1575–85; < Greekepanálēpsis literally, resumption, taking up again, equivalentto ep-ep- + ana-ana- + lêpsistaking hold ( lēp-, variant stem of lambánein to take + -sis–sis) 1 Examples: Water alone dug this giant canyon; yes, just plain water 2 To report that your committee is still investigating the matter is to tell me that you have nothing to report. A minimum wage that is not a livable wage can never be a minimum wage.” — Ralph Nader3 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=epanalepsis&um=1 1)http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epanalepsis 2) http://dynamo.dictionary.com/85476/rhetorical-strategies/print 3) http://mannerofspeaking.org/2012/03/19/rhetorical-devices-epanalepsis/

  3. Epistrophe Pronounciation: [[ih-pis-truh-fee]] Definition: Also called antistrophe forms the counterpart to anaphora, because the repetition of the same word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences Etymology: 1640–50; < Neo-Latin < Greek epistrophḗ; see epi-, strophe1 Examples: “The cars do not sell because the engineering is inferior, the quality of materials is inferior, and the workmanship is inferior.”2 "A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight!"(Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003)3 "For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."(Senator John F. Kennedy, speech at Wittenberg College, Oct. 17, 1960)3 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=i+swear+to+tell+the+truth+the+whole+truth+and+nothing+but+the+truth&um 1)http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Epistrophe?s=t 2)http://dynamo.dictionary.com/85476/rhetorical-strategies/print 3)http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/epistropheterm.htm

  4. Epithet Pronounciation: [ep-uh-thet]1 Definition: is an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject Etymology: 1570–80; < Latin epitheton epithet, adjective < Greek epítheton epithet, something added, equivalent to epi- epi- + the- (variant stem of tithénai to put) + -ton neuter verbidsuffix2 Examples: At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth of thieves and murderers . . . . --George Herbert Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold / A sheep hook . . . . --John Milton In an age of pressurized happiness, we sometimes grow insensitive to subtle joys.3 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epithet http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric6.htm#Epithet http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric6.htm#Epithet http://www.google.com/imgres?q=epithet+examples+for kids&um=1&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1366&bih=627&tbm=isch&tbnid =ImC_3sCij8LT3M:&imgrefurl=http://

  5. Epizeuxis Pronounciation: \ˌepəˈzüksə̇s\ Definition: repetition of one word (for emphasis) Etymology: Greek and Latin prosody: the joining of two successive ionics a minore so that the syllables that come together exchange quantities (as when {_breve}{_breve}--|{_breve}{_breve}-- becomes {_breve}{_breve}-{_breve}|-{_breve}--) 1 Examples: The best way to describe this portion of South America is lush, lush, lush What do you see? Wires, wires, everywhere wires. Polonius: "What are you reading?" Hamlet: "Words, words, words.“2 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=epizeuxis+examples&hl= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epizeuxii http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric6.htm#Epizeuxis

More Related