micro techniques

Question 1

Anadiplosis

Answer 1

Repeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next clause.

Question 2

Anapodoton

Answer 2

Deliberately creating a sentence fragment by the omission of a clause.
generally used for set phrases when it is tedious to write out the whole phrase e.g. “When in Rome [do as the Romans do]”

Question 3

Anthimeria

Answer 3

Using a different part of speech to act as another, such as a verb for a noun, or a noun for a verb, or an adjective as a verb, etc.
e.g. he sang his didn’t, he danced his did.”

Question 4

Antimetabole

Answer 4

Repetition in reverse order
e.g. “one should eat to live, not live to eat.”
often overlaps with chiasmus

Question 5

Apophasis

Answer 5

mentioning something by not mentioning it
e.g. “I would NEVER call him evil”

Question 6

Antithesis

Answer 6

Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. It can be a contrast of opposites.
e.g. “evil men fear justice, good men cherish it”

Question 7

Aphorism

Answer 7

A pithy, instructive statement or truism, like a maxim or adage.
e.g. “actions speak louder than words”