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RHETORICAL STRUCTURES

RHETORICAL STRUCTURES. Bicolons. are expressions containing two parallel phrases. … whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world (President Kennedy)

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RHETORICAL STRUCTURES

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  1. RHETORICAL STRUCTURES

  2. Bicolons are expressions containing two parallel phrases. … whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world (President Kennedy) The South Africa so many have sacrificed so much to achieve is within sight. Together let us walk this last, long gruelling mile to reach a non-racial, non-sexist society, where all our people will be equal before the law […] Togetherwe have it in our power to defeat those who continue to kill to maintain the old order. We have it in our power to transform our country into the peaceful and prosperous homeland of all our people. Let us work together to achieve these goals. Let us vow never to celebrate another Christmas in chains. We have a right to be free, and we shall be free! (Nelson Mandela)

  3. Tricolons also employ parallelism (three parallel items). The simplest kind is the repetition of three words: My government, if elected, will have three main priorities: Education, Education, Education. (Tony Blair) But there can be any number of elegant variations: It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. (Winston Churchill)

  4. One cannot go to Arlington [military] Cemetery and see name upon name, grave upon grave, row upon row, without being deeply moved by the sacrifice made by those young men and women. (John McCain 2008) You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. (attributed to Abraham Lincoln)

  5. Antithesis Or contrasting pair, is a structure containing two parts which are parallel in structure but at the same time somehow opposed in meaning. With the power and the resources given to us, the United States seeks to bring peace where there is conflict, hope where there is suffering, and liberty where there is tyranny.

  6. The contrasting pair formula is highly suitable and much used in the discourse of bipartisan democracy to contrast ‘us’ and ‘them’: We are the party of practical ideas today. The Tories are the party of outdated dogma. We are the party of the decent, hardworking majority. The Tories the party of extremes. We are the party that can unify the nation and bring it together. The Tories are the party that divide it.

  7. Oxymoron Two apparently contradictory elements are combined in a single word, phrase or epigram, for example, bittersweet, a deafening silence, noble savage, being cruel to be kind. Examples from politics might include radical conservative, extreme moderate, or left-wing (or red) fascist. It is often used to make an argument by negatively evaluating some entity, by suggesting that the two components are incompatible.

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