Rhetoric S-Z

Question 1

Understatement

Answer 1

Downplays an idea
A person badly bleeding saying “It’s just a scratch”

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Comparing using like or as
She danced like flowers in the wind

Question 3

Syllepsis

Answer 3

Using a word literally and figuratively
I held her hand and my tongue

Question 4

Slant rhyme

Answer 4

Kinda rhyme, not really
Wake and wait

Question 5

Synecdoche

Answer 5

Using a part to represent a whole
I can’t wait to get back out on the waves
Waves are a part of the whole ocean