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Lernkarten
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
- polyptoton
- Frost
- irresistible (adj) & irresistibly (adv), desire (n) & desired (v)
(a kind of repetition using words with the same root)
You like it, it likes you.
- antimetabole
[OED: the same words or ideas are repeated in inverse order]
(repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order [used to reinforce antithesis] ABC/CBA)
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
- antimetabole
- Moliere
[OED: the same words or ideas are repeated in inverse order]
(repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order [used to reinforce antithesis] ABC/CBA)
We repeat what we remember and remember what we repeat. I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
- antimetabole
- Ovid
[OED: the same words or ideas are repeated in inverse order]
(repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order [used to reinforce antithesis] ABC/CBA)
By day the frolic, and the dance by night.
- chiasmus = the criss-cross
- Samuel Johnson
(reverse grammatical order, but without true repetition [used to reinforce antithesis ])
All Italy about I went.
- anastrophe
- Yoda-style
(inversion of the normal word order [startling; an effective attention-getting device])
Right you are!
- anastrophe
- Yoda-style
(inversion of the normal word order [startling; an effective attention-getting device])
Begun, the clone wars have
- anastrophe
- Yoda in Star Wars
(inversion of the normal word order [startling; an effective attention-getting device])
I don't want to live on in my work, I want to live on in my apartment.
- parallelism
- Woody Allen
(similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, clauses nouns/nouns; -ing/-ing)
Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was 'Civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'
- parallelism
(similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, clauses nouns/nouns; -ing/-ing)
Out of sight, out of mind.
- isocolon / tricolon / tetracolon
(phrases or clauses of equal length and parallel in syntax; result: rhythm)
Many will enter, few will win.
- isocolon / tricolon / tetracolon
(phrases or clauses of equal length and parallel in syntax; result: rhythm)
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
- isocolon / tricolon / tetracolon
(phrases or clauses of equal length and parallel in syntax; result: rhythm)
I came, I saw, I conquered.
- three-part-list: sogar tricolon
(phrases or clauses of equal length and parallel in syntax; result: rhythm)
& anaphora
& anaphora
& asyndeton
veni, vidi, vici
- alliteration: 3x "v..."
&three-part-list = sogar tricolon
& asyndeton
That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
- antithesis
- Neil Armstrong
juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure
The world will little note nor long remember
- antithesis
- Lincoln
juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure
Though studious, he was popular; though argumentative, he was modest; though inflexible, he was candid, and though metaphysical, yet orthodox.
- antithesis
- Samuel Johnson
(juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure)
I support this cause with body, heart and soul.
- three-part-list
& climax
(arrangement of words, phrases, clauses in order of increasing importance)
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
- three-part-list
& climax
(arrangement of words, phrases, clauses in order of increasing importance)
- Francis Bacon, Of Studies
The speaker lamented the loss of life, livelihoods and property.
- three-part-list
- & anticlimax
(arrangement of words, phrases, clauses in order of decreasing importance)
There is even, and it is the achievement of this book, a curious sense of happiness running through its paragraphs.
- parenthesis
(insertion of words so that they interrupt the flow of the text.[For a brief moment, we hear the authors voice])
- Nonnan Mailer
Rape is the sexual sin of the mob, adultery of the bourgeoisie, and incest of the aristocracy. (John Updike)
- ellipsis
- rape is the sexual sin of ..., adultery is the sexual sin of ..., and incest is the sexual sin of ...
(omission of words [artful & arresting way of securing economy of expression])
He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac. (Jack Kerouac)
- asyndeton
- omission of "and"
(omission of conjunctions [produces a hurried rhythm])
For breakfast he had juice and coffee and cereal and eggs and bacon and toast.
- polysyndeton
- insertion of numerous additional "and"
(deliberate use of many conjunctions [slows rhythm, produces a solemn note; can be used to produce special emphasis])
But nature is so uncomfortable. Grass is hard and lumpy and damp and full of dreadful black insects.
- polysyndeton
- insertion of numerous additional "and"
- Oscar Wilde
(deliberate use of many conjunctions [slows rhythm, produces a solemn note; can be used to produce special emphasis])
might and main
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
toil and moil
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
in any shape or form
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
spick and span
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
stand an deliver
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
tattered and torn
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
the whole kit and caboodle
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
the cut and thrust of battle
- siamese twins (Fowler)
(words linked by and or or which are used to convey a single meaning in idiomatic or clichéd combinations.)
the cold and the wind blew
- hendiadys
- "one through two"
- = the cold wind blew
(expressing a single compound notion through two independent words connected by a conjunction instead of subordinating one to the other.
A method of amplification that adds force. )
They sat and talked
- hendiadys
- "one through two"
- = they sat talking
(expressing a single compound notion through two independent words connected by a conjunction instead of subordinating one to the other. A method of amplification that adds force. )
He came despite the rain and weather
- hendiadys
- "one through two"
- = he came despite the rainy weather
(expressing a single compound notion through two independent words connected by a conjunction instead of subordinating one to the other. A method of amplification that adds force. )
Duty, honor, country
- hendiatris
- "one through three"
(three words representing a central idea)
wine, woman and song
- hendiatris
- "one through three"
- = hedonism
(three words representing a central idea)
The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost
- hendiatris
- "one through three"
- = God
(three words representing a central idea)
