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Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition using the beginning consonant sounds of two or more neighboring words

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to a familiar person, place, or thing usually from history or literature that the author assumes you know

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

A comparison of an unfamiliar idea to a simple, familiar one. The suggestion is sometimes lengthy with several points of comparison

Question 4

Anecdote

Answer 4

A short story told to illustrate a point

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

A figure of speech involving bringing out opposites with parallel structure and grammar, usually done within the same sentence

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

The counterpart of understatement- deliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect

Question 7

Understatement

Answer 7

The counterpart of hyperbole- deliberately minimizes conditions for emphasis or effect

Question 8

Metaphor

Answer 8

A form of figurative language which is a comparison between two seemingly unrelated subjects without using like or as

Question 9

Negative Definition

Answer 9

Describing something by telling what it is not rather than, or in addition to, what it is

Question 10

Parallel Structure

Answer 10

The repetition of words or phrases in meaning and/ or structure

Question 11

Quotations

Answer 11

Sometimes famous words that were spoken by someone in the past. These words are highlighted in order to lend understanding or credibility to a concept the speaker is trying to convey

Question 12

Rhetorical Question

Answer 12

A question poised to highlight a point, not for the purpose of eliciting a response

Question 13

Synecdoche

Answer 13

Figure of comparison in which a word standing for part of something is used for the whole of that thing or vice versa

Question 14

Anaphora

Answer 14

The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses

Question 15

Epistrophe

Answer 15

The regular repetition of a phrase or clause at the end of successive sentences

Question 16

Polysyndeton

Answer 16

The excessive use of conjunctions ( for, and, nor, but, and, or, yet, so) in successive words or clauses, usually producing slower, more deliberate prose

Question 17

Asyndeton

Answer 17

A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose

Question 18

Repetition

Answer 18

The uttering of the same word or phrase in order to create a sense of cadence, rhythm, and emphasis

Question 19

SOAPSTONE

Answer 19

Speaker 
Occasion
Audience 
Purpose
Subject
Tone

Question 20

Affirmation Pattern

Answer 20

A series of questions that make the audience nod yes