Shakespeare Rhetorical Terms

Alliteration repetition of the same initial consonant sound throughout a

line of verse
Fire rages in my heart, licking looking loping around, for the kindle that
shall set my enemies afire.
anadiplosis the repetition of a word that ends one clause at the
beginning of the next
I know he has not read the book
For the book would have caused a burn
And the book would have ended his life
anaphora repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive
clauses
To whom shall I speak of this madness? Death has claimed the king,
Death has claimed the queen, Death has claimed the forestlings, as
Death had claimed the spiderlings.
anthimeria substitution of one part of speech for another
I will go to the tavern for a sing or two, but I do not expect you to be
there.
Antithesis: juxtaposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or
parallel construction
Its not like I hate the hounds, but I hate cats even more. Therefor, I
stroke a mutual agreement with them.
Assonance: repetition or similarity of the same internal vowel sound in
words of close proximity.
An apple is absolutely awesome but apples are more awesome.
asyndeton omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases,
clauses, or words
"Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little
measure?" (Julius Caesar, III, i)
chiasmus: two corresponding pairs arranged in a parallel inverse order
Life is a game, and game is a life
Repetition: broken up by one or more intervening words
Theres apples are horrible and then theres apples are horrible. They
mean absolutely two different and not interrelated things.
ellipsis: omission of one or more words, which are assumed by the
listener or reader

Before he can pass, Ill kick his To started

Not in front of the child! Ot intervened
Ill kick his grass. Yes. I meant grass. Dont ask me how that makes
sense. To sputtered, catching on to his mistake.
epanalepsis repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred
at the beginning of the clause
A fire can only join another fire, as a human can only join another
human. To intervene with this process is to go against the laws of
nature itself. No human shall help a monster as no monster shall help
a human
epimone frequent repetition of a phrase or question; dwelling on a
point
Of those I have kilt, who has dared to strike me? Of those I saved, who
has dared to help me?
epistrophe repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive
clauses
My name is Shadow.
I move like a shadow.
I look like a shadow.
hyperbaton altering word order, or separation of words that belong
together, for emphasis
A thief gains through stealing, and stealing, by the thief, gains ground.
malapropism a confused use of words in which an appropriate word is
replaced by one with similar sound but (often ludicrously) inappropriate
meaning
What is your name? the King asked his faithful servant
My name is Wat The servant responded, not realizing how it
sounded.
Has this servant amnesia? The king bellowed joviously, realizing the
servants mistake.
metaphor implied comparison between two unlike things achieved
through the figurative use of words
Get off your high horse.
metonymy substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what
is meant (e.g., "crown" for kingship)
Give me thy crown, and the throne shall be mine The False king
laughed dangerously.
But the crown is only an object, a symbol of a king. But in the wrong
hands, it means nothing.

onomatopoeia use of words to imitate natural sounds

Smack goes the weasel
paralepsis emphasizing a point by seeming to pass over it
Im not saying I am the countrys reason of peace for 300 years. Of
course not! Why should it be me if I already control the world?
parallelism similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words,
phrases, or clauses
Into death I have ridden, into the fire I have stared, Into the light I have
swam, and into the stars I have flown.
polysyndeton the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate
words, phrases, or clauses
I shall see the flames, the water, the elven race. The pools of lave, the
dwarven face. I shall see it all, and use the iron mace.
simile an explicit comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
I am like a shadow, in that I am everywhere.

ynecdoche

Take the car for

the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the par