FOS

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

a continued metaphor , a symbolic narrative, its a story
ex. allegory of the cave by Plato

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses(broke up by commas/periods)

Question 3

antimetabole

Answer 3

the repetition of words in successive clauses, in revers grammatical order. ex. if you fail to plan, you plan to fail

Question 4

antithesis

Answer 4

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structures
ex. Thats one step for a man, one giant leap for mankind

Question 5

antanaclasis

Answer 5

repetition of a word in two different senses. Repetition of a word or phrase whose meanings changes in the second instance
ex. working hard or hardly working?

Question 6

apostrophe

Answer 6

addressing a person or abstraction that is absent from the situation and cannot physically be there
ex. Hello Mr. Sun!

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

the depiction of similar VOWEL sounds followed by different consonants in the stressed syllables of adjacent words
ex. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

Question 8

Auxesis

Answer 8

magnifying the importance of something by giving it a disproportionate/more sophisticated name
ex. Someone referring to a scratch as a wound

Question 9

Chiasmus

Answer 9

a reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses or phrases (does not repeat words)
ex. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

Question 10

Erotema

Answer 10

asking a question not for the purpose of an answer but for the purpose of confirming or denying something
its just a rhetorical question

Question 11

Isocolon

Answer 11

elements that are similar in structure and length
es. I came, I saw, I conquered

Question 12

Litotes

Answer 12

opposite of Hyperbole
A form of understatement in which a sentiment is expressed ironically by negating its contrary
ex. saying its not the best weather today during a hurricane

Question 13

Metonymy

Answer 13

The word for one thing is used to refer to something related to that thing
ex. saying the crown in reference to the king or queen

Question 14

Oxymoron

Answer 14

the joining of terms normally contradictory
ex. bittersweet

Question 15

Paradox

Answer 15

an apparently contradictory statement that never less counters a measure of truth. Similar to an Oxymoron but it is more of a turn of meaning in the whole statement as opposed to a turn in meaning of juxtaposed words
ex. The first rule of fight club is don’t talk about fight club

Question 16

Synecdoche

Answer 16

A figure of speech in which part stands for the whole
ex. Nice Wheels!
give me a headcount
where are the Kleenix