Classical Rhetoric terms

Question 1

repetition of words consecutively; the simple and classic form repeats the word thrice (A,A,A)

Answer 1

Epizeuxis

Question 2

the repetition of phrases; consecutive repetition (ABCx, ABCy, ABCz)

Answer 2

Epimone

Question 3

The use of the same word or phrase both at the beginning and end of the sentence

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Epanalepsis

Question 4

The repeating of words at the start of successive sentences or clauses, and other words are repeated at the end with one word changed

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Symploce

Question 5

the use of the same language at the end of one sentence or clause and at the start of the next

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Anadiplosis

Question 6

repeating the root of a word with a different ending

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Polyptoton

Question 7

repeating the same words at the start of successive sentences or clauses; repetition of the subject with changes in the verb

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Anaphora

Question 8

the juxtaposition of parallel, but contrasting ideas or images

Answer 8

Antithesis

Question 9

when words or other elements are repeated with their order reversed

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Chiasmus

Question 10

a departure from the conventional subject, verb, object word order, or movement of a modifier into an unexpected place

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Anastrophe

Question 11

the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a series of sentences or clauses

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Epistrophe

Question 12

the use of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases similar in length and parallel in structure

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Parallelism

Question 13

the arrangement of three parallel claims about the same subject

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Tricolon

Question 14

when the speaker describes what he will not say, and then says it , or at least a little bit of it, after all

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Praeteritio

Question 15

the repeated use of conjunctions

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Polysyndeton

Question 16

compares two different things that resemble each other in at least one way

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Simile

Question 17

metaphorically represents an animal inanimate object as having human attributes

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Personification

Question 18

a short, informal reference to a famous person or event

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Allusion

Question 19

interrupts discussion to directly address a person or personified thing, either present or absent

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Apostrophe

Question 20

compares two different things by on in terms of the other, asserting that one thing/is the other thing

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Metaphor

Question 21

substitution of one part of speech for another

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Anthimeria

Question 22

an omission of expected words, with various consequences

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Ellipsis

Question 23

one word used one time, but applied in two different ways

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Syllepsis

Question 24

occurs when the speaker ask a question and then answers it

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Hypophora

Question 25

when the speaker anticipates an objection in their own argument, and then immediately answers it

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Procatalepsis

Question 26

reviews what has been said, then previews what will be said

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Metabasis

Question 27

when rhyme occurs at the end of a line of poetry

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End Rhyme

Question 28

rhyme inside of one line of poetry

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Internal Rhyme

Question 29

when a poet uses words that nearly rhyme

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Slant Rhyme