♦ Epizeuxis
I chose my own idea for this homework. I collected some facts and quotes about epizeuxis:
♥ Epizeuxis is derived from a Greek word
epizeugnumi that means “
fastening together”.
♥ It is also called
diacope.
♥ The major function of epizeuxis is
to create an appeal for the emotions of the readers—to hit them with a bang.
♥ It is often used in motivational speeches because
it is employed to inspire, encourage and motivate the audience.
♥ As a literary device,
it furnishes freshness to the texts and gives artistic effect to a piece.
♥ It helps in drawing the focus to a particular thought, idea and emotion
through repetition.
♥ Epizeuxis is frequently
used to express strong opposition to an idea or person.
“Isn’t extraordinary that the Prime Minister of our country can’t even urge his Party to support his own position?! Yeah.
Weak! Weak! Weak!”
-Tony Blair, British House of Commons, 30 January 1997.
“The rich nations and the poor nations have different responsibilities, but one responsibility we all have, and that is action.
Action, action, action!”
-Arnold Schwarzenegger, United Nations General Assembly, 24 September 2007.
“I undid the lantern
cautiously--oh, so cautiously--cautiously.”
-Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” 1843.
“And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life!
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life,
And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more,
Never,
never, never, never!”
-William Shakespeare, “King Lear.”
“I love
scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly.”
-Will Ferrell in Anchorman, 2004.
♦ Cognoscenti
Task chosen from the grid: create a convincing, fake advert for a made up product, that use the rhetorical device and word of the week, correctly.
Cognoscenti - people who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, especially in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion.
*pictures were taken from google; the program used to make the advert was paint.net
