Devices 4

Question 0

Parenthesis

Answer 0

Used to insert additional information or an aside into the main flow of information.
A word, phrase or whole sentence is inserted in the middle of another sentence.
Set off by parentheses, commas, or em dashes.

Question 1

Metabasis

Answer 1

Summarizing the body of work that has come before so that you can move on to a new point

Question 2

Apostrophe

Answer 2

Breaking out of the writing flow to directly address a person or personified object

Question 3

Enumeratio

Answer 3

Supplying a list of details about something, usually to expand on a central idea by enumerating it’s many details

Question 4

Antanagoge

Answer 4

Ordering points in a sentence to downplay the negative

Question 5

Epithet

Answer 5

An adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a noun by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject
“Her laughing smile…”