| Anadiplosis | repetition of a word at the end of one clause and at the start of the next |
| Example of Anadiplosis | What dost thou think? Think my lord? |
| Anaphora | repetition of words at the start of a clause |
| Example of Anaphora | What drugs, what charms, what conjuration and what mighty magic |
| Antanaclasis | Words is repeated, but the meaning changes |
| Example of Antanclasis | put out the light, then put out the light |
| Apostrophe | Talking to someone that isn’t there (personification/metaphor) |
| Example of Apostrophe | work on my medicine work |
| Chiasmus | 2 clauses are balanced against each other, but their structures are reversed |
| Example of chaismum | who dobtes, yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves |
| Epanalepsis | repetition fo an initial word at the end of the same clause |
| Example of Epanalepsis | they are not ever jealous for the cause, but jealous for hey are jealous |
| Epizeuxis | Repetition of a word in immediate succession |
| Example of Epizeuxis | Damn her lewd minx! Damn her. Damn her! |
| Asyndenton | List without conjunctions |
| Example of asyndenton | rouse him make after him; poison his delight |
| Parenthesis | addition of a word as an after thought |
| example of parenthesis | Zounds, that’s fulsome – Handkerchief, confession, handkerchief |
| Antithesis | direct opposition fo something |
| Example of antithesis | No my heart is turned to stone…O the world hath not a sweeter creature |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration |
| Example of Hyperbole | Abandon all remorse |
English techniques (Othello)
August 3, 2019