Rhetorical Devices
Epistrophe
when a certain phrase or
word is repeated at the
end of sentences or
clauses that follow each
other.
This repetition creates a
rhythm while
emphasizing the repeated
phrase. Epistrophe is also
known as epiphora and
antistrophe.
This could be identified in
line 2.
Hyperbole Antithesis
Antonomasia
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and to an extreme. It term in which a compare in the
is used for emphasis descriptive form of
or as a way of making phrase replaces a contradiction.
a description more person’s name. Compliments
creative. This could Within the followed by
be identified when passage writer insults.
the writer says “After named the
an eternity of workers after the
scratching her head incompetency to
and calculating on a read and count.
sheet of paper.”