figures of speech

Question 1

what is a repetitio?

Answer 1

a word/ phrase is repeated a number of times

Question 2

what figure of speech is this phrase?
It is not going well, in fact, it is going badly, really badly

Answer 2

repetitio

Question 3

what is an anaphora?

Answer 3

a repetitio at the start of a number of sentences/ lines of verse

Question 4

What figure of speech is this phrase?
I have a dream… (MLK)

Answer 4

anaphora

Question 5

what is the rule of three?

Answer 5

using three arguments
(rhetorically very relevant/ effective)

Question 6

What figure of speech is this phrase?
liberty, equality, fraternity

Answer 6

rule of three

Question 7

what is a chiasmus?

Answer 7

two related sentences are each other´s syntatctical mirror image

Question 8

What figure of speech is this phrase?
I say what I think and I do what I say

Answer 8

chiasmus

Question 9

what is a rhetorical question?

Answer 9

a question, which is a definite statement in the shape of a question
-> it is not meant to be answered

Question 10

What figure of speech is this phrase?
Who would not protect their child from this madness?

Answer 10

rhetorical question

Question 11

what is a metaphor?

Answer 11

calling something by another name directly, comparing that which is really meant, with what it is called

Question 12

What figure of speech is this phrase?
Julia, Sarah, and Elena are angels

Answer 12

metaphor

Question 13

what is a tautology?

Answer 13

A concept is repeated using a different word, that has roughly the same meaning
-> both words belong to the same lexical category

Question 14

What figure of speech is this phrase?
all well and good

Answer 14

tautology

Question 15

what is pleonasm?

Answer 15

repeating an obvious quality of an object or a concept

Question 16

What figure of speech is this phrase?
a round circle

Answer 16

pleonasm

Question 17

what is a hyperbole?

Answer 17

a more or less appropriate exaggeration
= has a comical effect

Question 18

What figure of speech is this phrase?
one second

Answer 18

hyperbole

Question 19

what is an enumeration?

Answer 19

a number of names, facts, arguments following each other, giving each element of the enumeration an emphatic and convincing ring

Question 20

What figure of speech is this phrase?
he did not notic where he was going, throgh alleys, passing gardens, and factories, running blindly

Answer 20

enumeration

Question 21

what is a paradox?

Answer 21

an apparent contradiction
= something appears not to be right, but turns out to be correct after all

Question 22

What figure of speech is this phrase?
those who want to live in peace must often apply force to themselves

Answer 22

paradox

Question 23

what is an understatement?

Answer 23

opposite of the hyperbole
= intentional trivilisation

Question 24

What figure of speech is this phrase?
he is not bad on a bike (about a professional cyclist)

Answer 24

understatement

Question 25

what is a euphemism

Answer 25

a term which sounds too harsh is replaced with another, less direct term
= used for fear of calling something by its real name

often used ironically

Question 26

What figure of speech is this phrase?
peacekeeping force

Answer 26

euphemism

(= intervention force)

Question 27

what is an oxymoron?

Answer 27

combination of two contradictory terms

Question 28

What figure of speech is this phrase?
speaking by keeping silent

Answer 28

oxymoron

Question 29

what is a litotes?

Answer 29

a special kind of understatement
= something is strongly emphasised by denying the opposite

Question 30

What figure of speech is this phrase?
that is not a bad idea at all

Answer 30

litotes