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Alexander the Great

“It’s a twister! It’s a twister!” Constantine the Great
(Zeke in “The Wizard of Oz” – 1939)
Man’s best friend (for a dog)
“Alone, alone, all, all alone
Alone on a wide, wide sea” Ivan the Terrible
(“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Coleridge)
“The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.”
(James Joyce – “Ulysses”)
Epistrophe

Epistrophe which is also known as epiphora or antistrophe is the Eponym
repetition of a word or words and the end of successive sentences
or phrases. It tends to be a very emphatic device by placing the An eponym is a word based on a person’s name or it can be a
emphasis on the last word in a sentence or phrase. person, real or imaginary, from whom something else takes its
name.
Examples:
Examples:
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I
thought as a child”. Parkinsons disease
(Apostle Paul in the Bible – Cor 13:11)
Hansens disease
“Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for
him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Achilles’ heel
Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile
that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended . Adam’s apple
. .”
(Brutus in “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare) Alzeimer’s disease

Asperger syndrome
Epithet
Confucianism
An epithet is a word or a phrase used to describe a person or thing.
It is often used instead of the actual name of the person or thing and Freudian slip
thus becomes a type of nickname.

Examples: Exemplum

Richard the Lionheart An exemplum is a real or imagined anecdote used to illustrate a
point.