Category: Education
Created by: Carissa
Number of Blossarys: 6
This is a unique rhetorical technique used when a word with the same root word is repeated for effect. This is different than pure repetition because the word will have different suffixes.
A ploce is a rhetorical technique where a word is repeated with the intent of emphasizing the importance of the idea.
Paralepsis is emphasizing a point by pretending to ignore it. For example when Antony tells the Romans that they need not know what Caesar's will says.
An oration is a more sophisticated word for speech. Julius Caesar is famous for quite a few orations. The most popular is probably Mark Antony's funeral speech, "Friends, Romans, Countrymen".
Iambic is Shakespeare's most popular meter. It is the opposite of trochee - / like pretend. It is used commonly throughout Julius Caesar.
Histrionics are when someone is overly dramatic in an attempt to persuade others. This can be seen in Mark Antony's speech.
A feminine rhyme is when there is an extra unstressed syllable at the end of the line. "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." In this case "him" is the extra syllable.
By: Carissa