Rhetoric

Question 1

Metonymy

Answer 1

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated – using a word that is associated with the person/thing meant

Question 2

Synecdoche

Answer 2

Figure of comparison in which a word standing for part of something is used for the whole of that thing or vice versa; any part or portion or quality of a thing used to stand for the whole of the thing or vice versa

Question 3

Anaphora

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Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Emphasis is given to what is repeated

Question 4

Anadiplosis

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The repetition of the last word or phrase from the previous line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next

Question 5

Epanalepsis

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Figure of emphasis in which the same word or words both begin(s) and end(s) a phrase, clause, or sentence; beginning and ending a phrase or clause with the same word or words

Question 6

Alliosis

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presenting alternatives in a balanced structure: “You can eat well or you can sleep well.”

Question 7

Epimone

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Frequent repetition of a word, phrase, or question, dwelling on a point

Question 8

Chiasmus

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A specific inversion of word order that involves taking parallelism and deliberately turning it inside out, creating a “crisscross” pattern. Sequence: A B B A

Question 9

Antistrophe

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Ending a series of lines phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words.

Question 10

Antithesis

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Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.

Question 11

Asyndeton

Answer 11

A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. Its use can have the effect of speeding up the rhythm of a passage and making a single idea more memorable.

Question 12

Litotes

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Understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”

Question 13

Pleonasm

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Use of more words than is necessary semantically. Rhetorical repetition that is grammatically superfluous.

Question 14

Paraprosdokian

Answer 14

A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader to reframe to first part