Complicated Language features

Question 1

Anadiplosis

Answer 1

Repeating the last word of a sentence at the start of the next

• (e.g., “Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate”).

Question 2

Chiasmus

Answer 2

Reversing the order of words or phrases for effect

• (e.g., “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You”).

Question 3

Polysyndeton

Answer 3

Using lots of conjunctions

• (e.g., “We have ships and men and money and stores”).

Question 4

Asyndeton

Answer 4

Leaving out conjunctions to speed up the flow

• (e.g., “I came, I saw, I conquered”).

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

Placing opposite ideas in a balanced way

• (e.g., “Many are called, but few are chosen”).

Question 6

Paradox

Answer 6

A statement that contradicts itself but makes sense

• (e.g., “This is the beginning of the end”).

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

Speaking directly to someone not present or to an object

• (e.g., “O, wind, why do you howl?”).

Question 8

Synecdoche

Answer 8

Using a part to represent a whole

• (e.g., “All hands on deck” where “hands” means “people”).

Question 9

Metonymy

Answer 9

Replacing a word with something related to it

• (e.g., “The crown” for “the king”).

Question 10

Epistrophe

Answer 10

Using a part to represent a whole

• (e.g., “All hands on deck” where “hands” means “people”).

Question 11

Sibilance

Answer 11

Repeating a word at the end of sentences

• (e.g., “Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil”).

Question 12

Litotes

Answer 12

Saying something positive by using a double negative

• (e.g., “Not bad” meaning “good”).

Question 13

Epizeuxis

Answer 13

Repeating a word immediately for emphasis

• (e.g., “Alone, alone, all alone”).

Question 14

Hypophora

Answer 14

Asking a question and then answering it right away

• (e.g., “What’s the solution? We need change!”).

Question 15

Zeugma

Answer 15

Using one word to link two different things

• (e.g., “She stole his heart and his wallet”).