Rhetorical Devices #4

omitting conjunctions btwn words, phrases, or clauses in a list; "The fruit market had apples, peaches, pears, nectarines."

use of conjunctions btwn each word, phrase, or clause (opposite of asyndeton); "They read and studied and wrote and drilled."

argument where conclusion is reached based on general details/facts (general to specific); "The sun is a star and the sun has planets, therefore some stars have planets."

deriving general principles from specific arguments/instances (specific to general, opposite of deduction); "The sun rose on Tuesday, therefore the sun rises everyday."

words or phrases modifying adjectives/adverbs to change the word's quality; very, quite, rather, somewhat, more, etc.

3-part deduction argument (general to specific, major premise and minor premise); "All mammals are warm-blooded. All black dogs are mammals. All black dogs are warm-blooded."

expresses assumption shared by speaker & audience (implied & unstated); "My client is innocent. He was out of town when the murders took place."

modify an entire sentence, indicating something related happening at the same moment; "His hands & knees bleeding from climbing, Michael finally reached the summit."

brief narrative story about real person/event used to introduce a topic, prove a point, etc.; a teacher telling a vrief story about first Thanksgiving before a lesson about the Pilgrims

repetition at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences (opposite of anaphora, usually 2-3 sentences); "The cars' engineering is superion, quality of materials is superior, & workmanship of their assembly is superior."