The WEAPONS of rhetoric
Manipulation (Logical Fallacies) in Advertisements
My Examples of Schemes
Set 1
Anaphora That boy who once stood alone. That boy who everyone look down into. Epistrophe He loves food, he said!. He loves Juice, he said ! Asyndeton The boy stood on the hill, motionless, hopeless . Polysyndeton I killed to dog and buried it and bought another one. Set 2 ellipsis Some people like cake, others pie , I cheesecake. assonance I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless. anastrophe Intelligent she was not. In fact, she veered in the opposite direction. consonance It will creep and beep while you sleep. parallelism My face is washed, my hair is combed and my teeth are brushed |
Set 3
Parenthesis I was walking down the street (looking at the sky) when i saw a airplane. Antithesis You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart. Epanalepsis The King is dead, long live the King. Polyptoton To the movement of pain that is painless and motionless. Set 4 Anadiplosis He retained his virtues amidst all his – misfortunes — misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent Antimetabole If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Apposition My dog , a brown boxes, got lost yesterday. Climax I started climbing rocks, hills, and then mountains. |