Table of Contents
Introduction
Index of Tables
Chapter 1: Balance
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Antithesis
Chapter 2: Emphasis I
Climax
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Sentential Adverb
Chapter 3: Emphasis II
Irony
Understatement
Litotes
Hyperbole
Chapter 4: Transition
Metabasis
Procatalepsis
Hypophora
Chapter 5: Clarity
Distinctio
Exemplum
Amplification
Metanoia
Chapter 6: Syntax I
Zeugma
Diazeugma
Prozeugma
Mesozeugma
Hypozeugma
Syllepsis
Chapter 7: Syntax II
Hyperbaton
Anastrophe
Appositive
Parenthesis
Chapter 8: Figurative Language I
Simile
Analogy
Metaphor
Catachresis
Chapter 9: Figurative Language II
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Personification
Chapter 10: Figurative Language III
Allusion
Eponym
Apostrophe
Transferred Epithet
Chapter 11: Restatement I
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Simploce
Chapter 12: Restatement II
Anadiplosis
Conduplicatio
Epanalepsis
Chapter 13: Restatement III
Diacope
Epizeuxis
Antimetabole
Scesis Onomaton
Chapter 14: Sound
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Consonance
Chapter 15: Drama
Rhetorical Question
Aporia
Apophasis
Anacoluthon
Chapter 16: Word Play
Oxymoron
Pun
Anthimeria
Appendix A: Blog Posting
Appendix B: Business Email
Appendix C: Counsellor’s Report About a Client
Appendix D: Graduate School Application Essay
Appendix E: Short Story
Appendix F: Winston Churchill—A Speaker’s Rhetoric
Index