Speechwriting Strategies

adjective relating to or consisting of iambs, a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable

• The iambic pentameter is a common poetic form in English literature.
• I find iambic poetry a bit hard to understand sometimes.
• I don't really vibe with iambic verse, it's just not my thing.
• The iambic rhythm of the music seemed to mimic the beating of my heart.

noun a rhetorical device that uses multiple conjunctions in close succession, typically where they are not necessary

• The author's use of polysyndeton in the passage created a sense of rhythm and emphasis.
• The repeated use of 'and' in that sentence is called polysyndeton.
• Yo, that polysyndeton stuff the teacher talked about is like using 'and' a bunch of times in a row.
• Her speech was like a river flowing with polysyndeton, each 'and' connecting the ideas seamlessly.