A Tale of Two Cities Rhetorical Devices

Epistrophe

"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

Polysyndeton

"In years gone by, there were in every community men and women who spoke the language of duty and morality and loyalty and obligation."

Epanalepsis

"Nothing is worse than doing nothing."

Anadiplosis

"They call for you: The general who became a slave; the slave who became a gladiator; the gladiator who defied an Emperor."

Antimetabole

"We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

Ellipsis

A deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by context.

Polysyndeton

Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) not normally found in successive words, phrases, or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses.

Epanalepsis

Figure of emphasis in which the same word or words both begin(s) and end(s) a phrase, clause, or sentence; beginning and ending a phrase or clause with the same word or words.

Antimetabole

Figure of emphasis in which the words in one phrase or clause are replicated, exactly or closely, in the next phrase or clause; an inverted order of repeated words in adjacent phrases or clauses (A-B-B-A).

Asyndeton

Figure of omission in which normally occurring conjunctions (and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet) are intentionally omitted in successive phrases, or clauses; a string of words not separated by normally occurring conjunctions

Epistrophe

Figure of repetition that occurs when the last word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated one or more times at the end of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses. (A-B-C-B-D-B)

Anadiplosis

Figure of repetition where the last word or terms in one clause is/are repeated at the beginning of the next sentence, phrase, or clause.

Ellipsis

I ordered the linguini, and he the lobster.

Asyndeton

The dark, the moon, the stars - all created a romantic effect.