English Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Speaks of one thing as though it actually were another

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to some fairly well-known event place or person

Question 3

Parallelism

Answer 3

Consists of using the same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence or for multiple sentences in order to link them all

-successive use of grammatical patterns of words
For clarity, balance and rhythm, concise

Question 4

Chiasmus

Answer 4

Form of parallelism that flips the original form around.

Key words repeated in both clauses, but in reverse order

Question 5

Anaphora

Answer 5

A device in which the writer repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple clauses or sentences

Question 6

Asyndeton

Answer 6

Leaves out conjunctions in a list or between clauses

-is the deliberate omission of conjunction in a serious of related clause

Question 7

Polysyndeton

Answer 7

Puts a conjunction between every item

Question 8

Zeugma

Answer 8

A device in which unexpected items in a sentence are linked together by a shared word

-is the use of the verb that has two different meaning with objects that complement both meaning
Ex.” He stole her car and her heart on a fateful night”

Question 9

Synecdoche

Answer 9

Use of a part of something to represent the whole

Question 10

Mectonomy

Answer 10

Allows you to refer to something closely related to the actual object and use that as a way to referring to the object itself

Question 11

Similie

Answer 11

A device in which the writer compares two things that are already somewhat related