Elements Of Style

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

Reference to person, place, event, work of art

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

Repetition of word at beginning

Question 3

Antimetabole

Answer 3

Repetition of words in reverse

Question 4

Antithesis

Answer 4

Opposition or contrast of ideas or words w/ parallelism

Question 5

Archaic diction

Answer 5

Outdated manner of speaking

Question 6

Asyndeton

Answer 6

Omission of conjunctions

Question 7

Cumulative sentence

Answer 7

Completes main idea at beginning and then adds on

Question 8

Hortative sentence

Answer 8

Implores, calls to action

Question 9

Imperative sentence

Answer 9

Used to command or urge

Question 10

Inversion

Answer 10

Inverted order of words: verb-subject-object

“United there is little we cannot do…Divided there is little we can do…”

Question 11

Juxtaposition

Answer 11

Placement of two things closely to emphasize difference

Question 12

Metaphor

Answer 12

Figure of speech w/o like or as

Question 13

Oxymoron

Answer 13

Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict

Question 14

Parallelism

Answer 14

Similarity of structure

Question 15

Periodic sentence

Answer 15

Sentence w/ main clause at end (main point of sentence)

Question 16

Personification

Answer 16

Giving lifelike quality to inanimate object or idea

Question 17

Rhetorical question

Answer 17

Question posed for effect and not answer

Question 18

Synecdoche

Answer 18

Part represents whole

Question 19

Zeugma

Answer 19

Use of two different words in grammatically similar way that gives different, incongruous meaning

Question 20

Alliteration

Answer 20

Repetition of same sound beginning several consecutive words or syllables