Rhetorics of Style
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Ifioque.com
List of Rhetorical Figures
Henry Peacham's The Garden of Eloquence (1593)
Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory, Book 8 (Tropes)
Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory, Book 9 (Schemes)
The Forest of Rhetoric
Word Hero
Figaro: Figures of Speech Served Fresh
Mental Floss
Literary Devices
Changing Minds

Websites devoted to listing and defining rhetorical figures

  1. “21 Rhetorical Devices Explained | Mental Floss.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://mentalfloss.com/article/60234/21-rhetorical-devices-explained.
  2. “Definition and Examples of Figures of Thought.” Accessed October 18, 2017. https://www.thoughtco.com/figure-of-thought-rhetoric-1690794.
  3. “Glossary of Rhetorical Terms | Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures.” Accessed October 18, 2017. https://mcl.as.uky.edu/glossary-rhetorical-terms.
  4. “LacusCurtius • Quintilian — Institutio Oratoria — Book VIII, Chapters 1‑3.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Quintilian/Institutio_Oratoria/8A*.html.
  5. “List of Figures of Speech (Stylistic Devices).” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/writing-stylistics.php.
  6. “Literary Devices and Literary Terms - The Complete List.” Accessed October 18, 2017. https://literarydevices.net/.
  7. “Renaissance Materials.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collection?collection=Perseus:collection:Renaissance.
  8. “Rhetorical Figures,” October 4, 2010. https://www.lisaspangenberg.com/writing/rhetorical-figures/.
  9. “Rhetorical Figures.” Accessed October 18, 2017. https://sites.ualberta.ca/~gepp/figures.html.
  10. “RHETORICAL FIGURES.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/rhetfig.html.
  11. “Rhetorical Figures.” Accessed October 18, 2017. https://rhetfig.appspot.com/.
  12. “Rhetorical Terms - Figures of Speech.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://inpraiseofargument.squarespace.com/terms/.
  13. “Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://rhetoric.byu.edu/.
  14. “Tropes vs. Rhetorical Figures.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://thepoetrypundit.blogspot.com/2013/02/tropes-vs-rhetorical-figures.html.
  15. “Word List: Definitions of Rhetorical Devices.” Accessed October 18, 2017. http://phrontistery.info/rhetoric.html.
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  • Syllabus
    • Course Goals
    • Course Policies
  • Schedule_spring22
  • Assignments
    • Unit 1 Assignment
    • Unit 2 Assignment
    • Unit 3 Assignment
    • Readings
  • Resources
    • Copy, Unwrite, Emulate >
      • Preparing to Emulate
      • A Sample
    • Controlling Value
    • Topics
    • Figures of Speech and Thought
    • Tropes
    • Schemes >
      • Samples
    • Compendia