rhet Device Test 3

Question 1

Antanagoge

Answer 1

Placing a negative point next to a positive point

Yes I know I lost my job, but I can’t wait to stay home now.

Question 2

Epithet

Answer 2

Descriptive adjective to provoke emotion

A clear eyed pilot

Question 3

Asyndeton / polysyndeton

Answer 3

Leaves out conjunctions
He was tall, dark, handsome.

Adding conjunctions
He was tall and dark and handsome

Question 4

Zeugma

Answer 4

Figure of speech where a verb applies to more than one noun

John and his license expired last week

Question 5

Synecdoche / metonymy

Answer 5

Using a small portion to represent a whole

Whole representing parts

Question 6

Hyperbaton

Answer 6

Change the order of the sentence

Ran, he did

Question 7

Aporia

Answer 7

Express double about an idea

I extremely support an increase in military budget, but I have some concerns

Question 8

Anaphora / epistrophe/ symploce

Answer 8

Repetition of a word or phrase at the begging of a clause

My life has purpose, my life has a goal, my life is an inspiration

Question 9

Amplification

Answer 9

Writer repeats what they just said but adding more detail

The electoral college, which is not really a college, is a unique was to choose a president

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Giving human qualities to non human things

Question 11

Parataxis

Answer 11

Series of clauses with no conjunction

I came, I saw, I conquered