Rhetoric Devices

Question 1

repetition or initial consonant sounds at beginning of successive words

Answer 1

ALITERATION

Question 2

indirect reference to something in history, literature, music, religion… (assumed well-known to be recognized)

Answer 2

ALLUISION

Question 3

alliteration with whole word/repetition of intro words or phrases

Answer 3

ANAPHORA

Question 4

short entertaining account of happening/illustrates particular characteristic

Answer 4

ANECDOTE

Question 5

syntactical structure/order of terms in first of 2 parallel clauses is reversed in 2nd

Answer 5

ANTIMETABOLE (chiasmus)

Question 6

opposition or contrast emphasized by parallel structure

Answer 6

ANTITHESIS

Question 7

commas used without conjunction

Answer 7

ASYNDETON

Question 8

extended metaphor/surprising connection between 2 seemingly different things

Answer 8

CONCEIT

Question 9

main idea followed by details

Answer 9

CUMMULATIVE SENTENCE

Question 10

use of words or phrases that’s less direct, less distasteful, less offensive

Answer 10

EUPHEMISM

Question 11

language not literal/emphasize idea and summarize complex idea/literal meanings to suggest non literal meanings

Answer 11

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Question 12

deliberate, gross exaggeration/emphasis

Answer 12

HYPERBOLE

Question 13

reversing customary order of elements (SVO)/represents element that appears first

Answer 13

INVERSION

Question 14

putting together 2 contrasting elements that are unlike for surprising, witty or startling effect

Answer 14

JUXTAPOSITION

Question 15

word or phrase substituted for another it’s closely associated with

Answer 15

METONYMY

Question 16

figure of speech/contradictory terms or ideas combined

Answer 16

OXYMORON

Question 17

seems untrue but it’s true/seems self-contradictory but may be true in fact

Answer 17

PARADOX

Question 18

pretending to pass it over but drawing attention to it

Answer 18

PARALEPSIS

Question 19

structure brings together parallel elements

Answer 19

PARALLELISM

Question 20

details followed by main idea

Answer 20

PERIODIC SENTENCE

Question 21

chain of conjunctions

Answer 21

POLYSYNDETON

Question 22

question asked but no answer expected

Answer 22

RHETORICAL QUESTION

Question 23

sums of preceding material/applying general truth to situation

Answer 23

SENTENTIA

Question 24

several similar rhetorical devices used w/ grammatically correct linkage

Answer 24

ZEUGMA