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Question 1

Syntactical Inversion

Answer 1

inversion, also called anastrophe, in literary style and rhetoric,
the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence

Question 2

Conceit

Answer 2

Conceit is a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with
the help of similes or metaphors

Question 3

Didactic

Answer 3

The word didactic is frequently used for those literary texts which are overloaded with
informative or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details

Question 4

Apposition

Answer 4

is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed
side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way

Question 5

PERIODIC SENTENCE

Answer 5

A periodic sentence has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for
emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the
final point is made

Question 6

PARADOX

Answer 6

It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth.
It is also used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas

Question 7

IRONY

Answer 7

Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning
is different from the actual meaning of the words

Question 8

PARENTHESIS

Answer 8

Parenthesis is a stylistic device that comes from a Greek word, meaning to
place or alongside. Parenthesis is a qualifying or explanatory sentence, clause or word that writers
insert into a paragraph or passage. However, if they leave it out, even then grammatically it does
not affect the text that is correct without it. Writers mark them off by round and square brackets
or by commas, dashes, little lines and brackets