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Rhetorical Schemes

This guide explores rhetorical schemes, focusing on various techniques for organizing sentences artfully. Key methods include Parallel Structure, Anaphora, Asyndeton, Polysyndeton, and Alliteration, each illustrated with examples. For instance, Parallel Structure balances phrases for rhythm, while Anaphora emphasizes ideas through repetition. Asyndeton and Polysyndeton showcase the impact of conjunction use, whereas Alliteration creates a lyrical quality. Enhance your writing by incorporating these techniques into your own sentences, inspired by notable examples from literature.

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Rhetorical Schemes

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  1. Rhetorical Schemes

  2. What is a scheme? • A scheme is an artful way to organize a sentence.

  3. Parallel Structure • Parallel Structure: Sentences that are balanced grammatically. • *She tries to smiledaily, laughregularly, and speakthoughtfully. • *Frustrated by her children’s apathy, discouraged by their lethargy, the mom developed a plan. • *She drove home happily, encouraged by the events of the day, cheered by the kind words of her colleagues.

  4. Anaphora • Anaphora: Beginning successive sentences with the same word. • *Education needs teachers who care. Education needs students who are prepared for the real word. Education needs you.

  5. Asyndeton • Asyndeton: Omitting conjunctions between clauses or phrases. • *Ms. Smith taught the class enthusiastically, passionately, intelligently. • *Each day when he teaches, he acts as a parent, teacher, mentor, friend.

  6. polysyndeton • Polysyndeton: Using more conjunctions than usual between clauses or phrases. • *Ms. Smith taught the class enthusiastically and passionately and intelligently. • * The first graders love recess and lunch and snack time.

  7. Alliteration • Alliteration: Beginning successive words with the same letter. • *She strives to live, to laugh, and to love.

  8. For homework • Go back to the Alexie and White readings. Find 5 sentences you like for their style. Using these sentences as models, write sentences that are structured the same way but use different words.

  9. Examples • Zeugma or Syllepsis—The verb “carried” applies to books and dreams but in a different way for each word. • “She carried her books and her dreams to school.” • From Alexie (also parallel structure) • “We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear, and government surplus food” (Alexie 15-16). • My sentence: • “She taught with chalk, passion, inspiration, and books.”

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