Language Devices

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

Reference to an event, literary work or person

I can’t do that because I’m not Superman

Question 2

Amplification

Answer 2

Repetition of a word for emphasis

Love, real love, takes time

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

Compares two different things that have some similar characteristics

He is flaky as a snowstorm.

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases

'’If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?”

Question 5

Antanagoge

Answer 5

places a criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact

The car is not pretty but it runs great.

Question 6

Antimetabole

Answer 6

Repeats words or phrases in reverse order

“ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”

Question 7

Antiphrasis

Answer 7

Uses a word with an opposite meaning

• The Chihuahua was named Goliath.

Question 8

Antithesis

Answer 8

makes a connection between two things -

That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Question 9

Appositive

Answer 9

places a noun or phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes

Mary, queen of the land, hosted the ball.

Question 10

Enumeratio

Answer 10

makes a point with details

Renovation included a spa, tennis court, pool and lounge.

Question 11

Epanalepsis

Answer 11

• repeats something from the beginning of a sentence at the end -

My EARS heard what you said but I couldn’t believe my EARS

Question 12

Epithet

Answer 12

• using an adjective or adjective phrase to describe -

mesmerizing eyes

Question 13

Epizeuxis

Answer 13

repeats one word for emphasis -

The amusement park was fun, fun, fun.

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

an exaggeration -

I have done this a thousand times.

Question 15

Litotes

Answer 15

makes an understatement by denying the opposite of a word that may have been used

• The terms of the contract are not disagreeable to me.

Question 16

Metanoia

Answer 16

corrects or qualifies a statement -

You are the most beautiful woman in this town, nay the entire world.

Question 17

Metonymy

Answer 17

a metaphor where something being compared is referred to by something closely associated with it -

The knights are loyal to the crown.

Question 18

Onomatopoeia

Answer 18

• words that imitate the sound they describe -

plunk, whiz, pop

Question 19

Oxymoron

Answer 19

a two word paradox -

near miss, seriously funny

Question 20

Parallelism

Answer 20

uses words or phrases with a similar structure -

I went to the store, parked the car and bought a pizza

Question 21

Understatement

Answer 21

makes an idea less important that it really is - The hurricane disrupted tra

Question 22

Alliteration

Answer 22

The cat coughed coarsely