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Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices. Joe Wagner Ms. Dowd Public Speaking/ F Channel November 2012. Eponym [ep-uh-nim]. A person, place, or thing that something is named after (Part of Etymology) 1846, from Greek. eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something". Eponym: Examples.

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Rhetorical Devices

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  1. Rhetorical Devices Joe Wagner Ms. Dowd Public Speaking/ F Channel November 2012

  2. Eponym [ep-uh-nim] • A person, place, or thing that something is named after (Part of Etymology) • 1846, from Greek. eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something"

  3. Eponym: Examples • Saxophone: named after Sax, the surname of a 19th-century instrument-making family in Belgium • Sandwich: named after John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718–1792), a British politician • Salisbury steak: American physician James Salisbury invented this entre as part of his highly questionable all-meat diet

  4. Exemplum[ig-zem-pluhm] • An example or model; a model for behavior • (mid-13c.), from Latin. Exemplum "a sample"

  5. Exemplum: Examples • The Monk’s Prologue and Tale • The Pardoner’s Tale • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue *These are all too long to provide the entire exemplum.

  6. Imagery [im-ij-ree, im-i-juh-ree] • Figurative description or illustration • (mid-14c.), from French. Imagerie, “painter”

  7. Imagery: Examples • He fumed and charged like an angry bull. • The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. • The F-16 swooped down like an eagle after its prey.

  8. Hyperbaton [hahy-pur-buh-ton] • The use of uncommon word order to emphasize a point or idea • 1570s, from Greek. hyperbaton, "overstepping"

  9. Hyperbaton: Examples • "Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man.“ ("The Tell-Tale Heart") • “Sorry I be but go you must." (Yoda in Star Wars) • "One swallow does not a summer make, nor one fine day.“ (Aristotle)

  10. Hyperbole [hahy-pur-buh-lee] • Intentional exaggeration • early 15c., from Greek. hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance"

  11. Hyperbole: Examples • I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. • Your eyes are bigger than your stomach. • You’ve said that a million times. • That joke’s so old that, the last time I heard it, I was riding my dinosaur.

  12. Images • http://tobiasmastgrave.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/imagery-in-poetry-predator/ • http://goodvibeblog.com/law-of-attraction-morals/ • http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/06/article-1318093-0B803914000005DC-954_306x423.jpg • http://www.glarkware.com/adult/hyperbole

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