Troilus and Criseyde Rhetorical Features

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  • Created on: 06-03-18 23:28
Contentio
Strong, patterned contrast
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Anaphora
Deliberate repetition of words or phrase at the beginning of several lines
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Asyndeton
Words heaped up without conjunctions
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Chiasmus
Two words/phrases/syntactic units repeated in reverse order
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Palindrome
A phrase or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards
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Conduplicatio
Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase under stress of emotion
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Exemplum
A short story used to illustrate a point
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Diminutio
(Modesty Topos) Disclaiming competence or excellency
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Conversio
Ending clauses with the same word
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Diversio
A short turning aside from the main line of the narrative
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Anadiplosis
Beginning the succeeding line with the last word of previous the line
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Ratiocinatio
An elaborately structured argument. A soliloquy or argument with oneself
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Sententia
A proverb, quotation or citation of another author to support one's argument
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Occupatio
Refusing to describe in full detail
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Parataxis
A series of coordinated clauses
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Hypotaxis
Subordinating of one clause to another
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Rhyme Royal
A stanza of seven 10 syllable lines ABABBCC
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Paraclausithyron
Classical literary motif in which an excluded lover speaks to the front door of his lady's house
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Deliberate repetition of words or phrase at the beginning of several lines

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Anaphora

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Words heaped up without conjunctions

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Two words/phrases/syntactic units repeated in reverse order

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Card 5

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A phrase or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards

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