Rhetoric Devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The recurrence of initial consonant sounds - baby buggy bumpers

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to an event, literary work or person - I can’t do that because I am superman

Question 3

Amplification/crescendo

Answer 3

Repeats a word or expression for emphasis - love, real love, takes time.

Question 4

Anadiplosis

Answer 4

The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause

The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence

Question 5

Analogy

Answer 5

Compares two different things that have some similar characteristics
He is as flaky as a snowstorm

Question 6

Anaphora

Answer 6

Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases

‘If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle, us do we not laugh?’

Question 7

Antanagoge

Answer 7

Places criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact
The car is not pretty but it runs great

Question 8

Atimetabole

Answer 8

Repeats words or phrases in reverse order

Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country

Question 9

Antipharisis

Answer 9

Uses a word with an opposite meaning

The Chihuahua’s name was Goliath (warrior)

Question 10

Antithesis

Answer 10

Makes a connection between two things

Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

Question 11

Appositive

Answer 11

Places a noun or phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes
Mary, queen of the land, hosted the ball

Question 12

Enumeratio

Answer 12

Makes a point with details

Renovation included a spa, tennis court, pool and lounge.

Question 13

Epanalepsis

Answer 13

Repeats something from the beginning of a sentence at the end
My ears heard what you said but I couldn’t believe my ears

Question 14

Epithet

Answer 14

Using an adjective or adjective phrase to describe

Mesmerising eyes

Question 15

Epizeuxis

Answer 15

Repeats one word for emphasis

The amusement park was fun, fun, fun.

Question 16

Hendiadys

Answer 16

The expression of a single idea by words connected with ‘and’
(Nice and warm) when one could be used to modify the other, as in nicely warm.

Question 17

Hyperbole

Answer 17

An exaggeration

I have done this a thousand times

Question 18

Litotes

Answer 18

Makes an understatement by denying the opposite of a word that may have been used
The terms of the contract are not disagreeable to me.

Question 19

Metanoia

Answer 19

Corrects or qualifies a statement

You are the most beautiful women in this town, nay the entire world.

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

Compares two things by stating one is the other

The eyes are the window to the soul.

Question 21

Metonymy

Answer 21

A metaphor where something is being compared is referred to by something closely related with it
The knights are loyal to the crown.

Question 22

Onomatopoeia

Answer 22

Words that imitate the sound they describe

Plunk, whiz, pop

Question 23

Oxymoron

Answer 23

A two word paradox

Near miss, seriously funny

Question 24

Parallelism

Answer 24

Uses words or phrases with a similar structure

I went to the store, parked the car and bought a pizza.

Question 25

Simile

Answer 25

Compares one object to another

He smokes like a chimney

Question 26

Syntheton

Answer 26

When by convention two words are joined by a conjunction for emphasis (Bread and wine)

Question 27

Understatement

Answer 27

Makes an idea less important than it really is

The hurricane disrupted traffic

Question 28

Hypophora

Answer 28

Asking a question and then answering it yourself.

Question 29

Bathos

Answer 29

Reducing a ground idea/ person to a less important one.

Question 30

Parenthesis

Answer 30

Added information (usually in brackets or commas) that could be taken out.

Question 31

Epiphora/epistrophe

Answer 31

The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

Question 32

Chiasmus

Answer 32

Words are repeated in reverse order

“Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate”

Question 33

Rhetorical Question

Answer 33

Question used to make a point, not get an answer

Question 34

Synecdoche

Answer 34

Using part of a whole to represent the whole

“Check out my new wheels” = referring to a car

Question 35

Tautology

Answer 35

The saying of the same thing twice over in different words

“They arrived one after each other in succession”

Question 36

Tricolon

Answer 36

Three parallel clauses,phrases or words in succession pm with no interruption

Question 37

Zeugma

Answer 37

A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different ways
“She BROKE is car and his heart.”