More English Rhetoric

More repetition examples

End a clause with one noun, begin the next clause with the same now.

"Work requires effort, effort requires energy, energy requires ample rest."

Climax

Make a list in order of importance.

"A woman should love her country, her family, and her God."

Repetition in Reverse Grammatical Order

This is a common trick to describe ideas in a way that helps people remember.

"A person should eat to live, not live to eat." <--We use the same words because people remember the idea better.

Compare: "Eat food that keeps you healthy. Food shouldn't be an important part of your life because you will start to enjoy a lot of unhealthy food, and consequently you will be unhealthy." It's harder either to understand or remember the idea.

Chiasmus

Reverse grammatical order, but do not repeat words.

"It's hard to save money, but to spend it is easy."

"By day hard work; fun at nighttime."

Rhetorical Question

Asking the reader a question is an effective way to state a problem. Don't ask too many questions, though.

"It behooves us to ask, Is college education properly designed for the needs of today's students?"
(Some people will use a comma, then capitalize the question; others will use a colon.)