VI. Gradation (climax & anticlimax)
- The audience smiled, chuckled, and finally howled.
- I am sorry. I am so sorry. I am so extremely sorry.
- The book has a power, so to speak, a very exceptional power in fact, one may say without exaggeration it is the most powerful book of the month.
- Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
- He has gone; he has escaped; he has broken away.
- We honored him, we trusted him, and we loved him.
- Let’s face it. Let’s talk sense to the American people. Let’s tell them that there are no gains without pains.
- I came. I saw. I conquered.
- David was a great statesman, a great warrior, a great poet, and a skillful performer on the harp.
- She fears thunder and lightning, she fears dogs and cats, she fears moths and caterpillars.
VII. Catchword Repetition
- Now, what I want is, facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.
- Success breeds complacency; complacency breeds laziness; laziness breeds failure.
- Margot looked at them both and they both saw that she was going to cry.
- Three fishers went sailing out into the West. Out into the West, as the sun went down.
VIII. Zeugma
- weeping eyes and hearts; to wage war and peace; …when I and my sorrows are dust.
- This murderer killed the boy and his parents’ only hope.
- She opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy.
- At noon Mrs. Turpin would get out of bed and humor, put on the kimono, and the water to boil for coffee.
- He picked up his hat and his courage.
- He lost the game and his temper.
- She dropped a tear and her pocket handkerchief.
- He halted in the district where by night are found the lightest street, hearts, vows and librettos.
- He swallowed bread and butter and a spasm of emotion.
- He caught a bus and a cold.
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