RHETORICAL DEVICES

ONOMATOPOEIA

• A word that sounds like what it means
• Commonly used with conjunctions
• Trope
• Ex: The bacon sizzled in the pan.
• The water gushed from the fountain.
• The radio crackled with static.
• Used frequently in children's stories or poetry
• Comes from a Greek word meaning "word making"

POLYSYNDENTON

• Using many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect, often without commas
• Scheme
• Ex.: It was dark and rainy and windy and cold and dreary.
• The garden grew pansies and daisies and daffodils and roses and ferns.
• Mary gave Hannah gum and candy and a journal and pens and lots of stickers for her birthday.