Rhetorical and Literary devices

Question 1

the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words or syllables

Answer 1

alliteration

Question 2

the repetition of a word of phrase for emphasis

Answer 2

anaphora

Question 3

breaking off in the middle of a sentence

Answer 3

aposiopesis

Question 4

addressing a person who is not present

Answer 4

apostrophe

Question 5

omission of conjunctions to give intensity

Answer 5

aysyndeton

Question 6

exaggeration

Answer 6

hyperbole

Question 7

expression of meaning through a message

Answer 7

metaphor

Question 8

use of words that sound like their meaning

Answer 8

onomatepeia

Question 9

use of a apparent contradiction

Answer 9

oxymoron

Question 10

attribution of human charcteristics to something not human

Answer 10

personification

Question 11

use of superfluous words e.g burning fire, black darkness

Answer 11

pleonasm

Question 12

use of many conjunctions

Answer 12

polysyndeton

Question 13

comparison

Answer 13

simile

Question 14

the separation of a compound word into two parts e.g. abso-bloody-lutely

Answer 14

Tmesis

Question 15

combination of three elements, increasing in size

Answer 15

ascending tricolon

Question 16

combination of three elements

Answer 16

tricolon

Question 17

saying something by saying you’re not going to say it

Answer 17

Praeterito