Figures of Speech

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

•EXTERNAL REPETITION OF CONSONANTS OR VOWELS

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

•REPETITION OF WORDS OR PHRASES

Question 3

Anastrophe

Answer 3

•UNUSUAL WORD ORDER

Question 4

Antithesis

Answer 4

•OPPOSITES

Question 5

Apostrophe

Answer 5

•BREAKING OFF FROM ADDRESSING AN AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS A THIRD PARTY

Question 6

Archaism

Answer 6

•USING NON-CURRENT SPEECH

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

•INTERNAL REPETITION OF VOWEL SOUNDS

Question 8

Asyndeton

Answer 8

•NOT ENOUGH CONJUNCTIONS

Question 9

Chiasmus

Answer 9

•A B B A

Question 10

Climax

Answer 10

•ARRANGING WORDS OR PHRASES BY INCREASED IMPORTANCE

Question 11

Euphemism

Answer 11

•INNOCUOUS WORD USED IN PLACE OF ONE THAT MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE

Question 12

Hendiadys

Answer 12

•USING TWO WORDS TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING WHEN ONE WOULD DO

Question 13

Hyperbaton

Answer 13

•ALTERATION OF LOGICAL WORD ORDER

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

•EXAGGERATION

Question 15

Hysteron-Proteron

Answer 15

•WHEN THE FIRST WORD HAPPENS TEMPORALLY LATER THAN THE SECOND BUT IS PUT FIRST TO DRAW IMPORTANCE TO IT

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

•WHEN THE SURFACE MEANING AND UNDERLYING MEANING DIFFER

Question 17

Litotes

Answer 17

•THE USE OF DOUBLE NEGATIVES TO EMPHASIZE A POINT

Question 18

Metaphor

Answer 18

•COMPARISON WITHOUT USING LIKE OR AS

Question 19

Metonymy

Answer 19

•REFERRING TO SOMETHING BY AN ASSOCIATION OF IT RATHER THAN ITS NAME

Question 20

Onomatopoeia

Answer 20

•A WORD THAT PHONETICALLY IMITATES THE WORD IT DESCRIBES

Question 21

Personification

Answer 21

•GIVING LIFE TO INANIMATE OBJECTS

Question 22

Pleonasm

Answer 22

•USING MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY FOR CLEAR EXPRESSION

Question 23

Polysyndeton

Answer 23

•USING TOO MANY CONJUNCTIONS

Question 24

Praeteritio

Answer 24

•MENTIONING SOMETHING BY NOT MENTIONING IT

Question 25

Prolepsis

Answer 25

•RAISING AN OBJECTION AND IMMEDIATELY ANSWERING IT

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

•COMPARISON USING LIKE OR AS

Question 27

Synchesis

Answer 27

•A B A B

Question 28

Synecdoche

Answer 28

•USING A PART TO REFER TO THE WHOLE

Question 29

Tautology

Answer 29

•AN ARGUMENT WHERE THE PROPOSITION IS LOGICALLY IRREFUTABLE WHILE HAVING MUDDLED EVIDENCE

Question 30

Zeugma

Answer 30

•WHEN A WORD OR PHRASE JOINS DIFFERENT PARTS OF A SENTENCE