Advanced Langauge

Question 1

What is anaphora?

Answer 1

The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences.
Example: “We will fight. We will stand. We will win.”

Question 2

What is hypophora?

Answer 2

Rhetorical technique where a writer or speaker asks a question and then immediately answers it.
Example: Why do we need to save the environment? Because our future depends on it.

Question 3

What is anadiplosis?

Answer 3

Repetition of the last word of a sentence/clause at the beginning of the next.
Example: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Question 4

What is metamoia?

Answer 4

A self-correction where the writer retracts something and rephrases it for emphasis.
Example: She was the best teacher—no, the best person—I’ve ever met.

Question 5

What is Epanalepsis?

Answer 5

Repeating the first word of a sentence at the end.
Example: Nothing is worse than nothing.

Question 6

What is colloquial language?

Answer 6

Informal language