Devices

Question 1

Terms free from limitations or controls

Answer 1

Absolutes

Question 2

A proverb or wise saying

Answer 2

Aphorism

Question 3

A literary work with two meanings

Answer 3

Allegory

Question 4

A reference to a literary or other work

Answer 4

Allusion

Question 5

The extended comparison of two things

Answer 5

Analogy

Question 6

A brief retelling of a speakers own opinion

Answer 6

Anecdote

Question 7

Contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement

Answer 7

Antithesis

Question 8

Addressing an inanimate object as though it were human

Answer 8

Apostrophe

Question 9

Omission of conjunctions

Answer 9

Asyndeton

Question 10

A sentence where words and phrases are set against eachother to emphasize a contrast

Answer 10

Balanced sentence

Question 11

A sentence consisting of two parallel parts in which the second is structurally reversed

Answer 11

Chiasmus

Question 12

A sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by successive modifying clauses

Answer 12

Cumulative sentence

Question 13

Intending to instruct or teach excessively

Answer 13

Didactic

Question 14

A term used to point out a characteristic of a person, can become part of their name

Answer 14

Epithet

Question 15

Using words to convey their opposite meaning

Answer 15

Irony

Question 16

Use of parallel structures the same length in successive clauses

Answer 16

Isocolon

Question 17

Understatement in which the affirmative is stated in a negative way

Answer 17

Litotes

Question 18

Mistaken use of one word for another that sounds similar

Answer 18

Malapropism

Question 19

A term substituted for another with which it is closely related

Answer 19

Metonymy

Question 20

An inference that does not follow logically from the premises

Answer 20

Non séquitos

Question 21

An apparently contradictory statement that contains some truth

Answer 21

Paradox

Question 22

Using the same pattern of words or structure

Answer 22

Parallelism

Question 23

Quality of work that prompts the reader to feel pity

Answer 23

Pathos

Question 24

A sentence in which the main clause is at the end

Answer 24

Periodic

Question 25

Overuse of conjunctions

Answer 25

Polysyndeton

Question 26

A passionate or strongly worded speech

Answer 26

Polemic

Question 27

A significant alteration of diction, syntax, or point of view in a work

Answer 27

Rhetorical shift

Question 28

A seductive reasoning system involving two premises that lead to a conclusion

Answer 28

Syllogistic reasoning

Question 29

Related to metonymy, an actual part is substituted for a whole

Answer 29

Synecdoche

Question 30

Discerning ones sensory experiences in terms of another

Answer 30

Synesthesia

Question 31

Needless repetition adding no information

Answer 31

Tautology

Question 32

Everyday speech of a particular country or region often involving nonstandard usage

Answer 32

Vernacular