RDs

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

Repetition of vowel sounds between different consonant (neigh and fade)

Question 2

Consonance

Answer 2

Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity (boost and best)

Question 3

Difference: oxymoron and paradox

Answer 3

O: pretty ugly (two words)
P: full statement

Question 4

Antithesis

Answer 4

Presentation of two contrasting images

Question 5

Aphorism

Answer 5

Short witty saying of principle (early bird gets the worm)

Question 6

Apostrophe

Answer 6

Calling out to person, place, thing that is absent

Question 7

Cacophony

Answer 7

Harsh, intentional sounds

Question 8

Chiasmus

Answer 8

Two corresponding parts arranged a- b-b- a

Question 9

Dissonance

Answer 9

Harsh sounds that do not go together

Question 10

Freight-Train

Answer 10

Three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions

Question 11

Metonymy

Answer 11

Uses object/person/place to represent something else(the crown)

Question 12

Polysyndeton v. Asyndeton

Answer 12

P: X and Y and Z
A: X, Y,Z

Question 13

Synecdoche

Answer 13

Part of something that represents a whole

Question 14

Syntactic

Answer 14

Variety in sentence structure

Question 15

Syntactic permutation

Answer 15

Very long, confusing sentences

Question 16

Tri colon

Answer 16

1 sentence with 3 equal points. Independent with equal importance and length

Question 17

Zeugma

Answer 17

Word to govern two but only logically works with one (free to execute laws and citizens)

Question 18

Conundrum

Answer 18

Answer involves a pun

Question 19

Euphony

Answer 19

Succession of harmonious sounds

Question 20

Syllogism

Answer 20

2 statements made and conclusion drawn from

Question 21

Invective

Answer 21

Verbally abusive attack

Question 22

Allegory

Answer 22

Extended narrative that includes characters/events/ Setting that represents a fact qualities

Question 23

Caricature

Answer 23

Exaggerates specific feature of a person’s appearance/personality

Question 24

Didactic

Answer 24

Purpose to instruct/teach

Question 25

Epigraph

Answer 25

Quotation at beginning of work to hint at theme

Question 26

Explication

Answer 26

Art of interpreting meaning of text

Question 27

Exposition

Answer 27

Immediate revelation

Question 28

Pedantic

Answer 28

Borders on lecturing

Question 29

Etymology

Answer 29

Describes a words origin/history

Question 30

Malapropism

Answer 30

Absurd misuse of word

Question 31

Inversion

Answer 31

Anastrophe (Yoda)

Question 32

Anadiplosis

Answer 32

Two successive clauses. End of first and beginning of second repeat.

Question 33

Epistrophe

Answer 33

Repetition at end of successive clauses (anaphora at end of clauses)

Question 34

Antimetabole

Answer 34

Repeat in reverse order

Question 35

Epizeuxis

Answer 35

Repetition in immediate succession

Question 36

Eponym

Answer 36

Object/place/ thing named after a person

Question 37

Hypophora

Answer 37

Immediately raises and answers question