rhetorical device

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

A reference to a well-known event, place or person
ex. the good damaritan pulled up

Question 2

amplification

Answer 2

writer repeats something they just said, while adding details and information. to elaborate,exaggarate or emphasize
ex. she’s so pretty, pretty like the flowers in the spring

Question 3

Anaphora

Answer 3

writer repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple clauses or sentences
ex. He was the stronges, he was the braves, he was the most cunning, he was hansome.

Question 4

apostrophe

Answer 4

writer breaks out of flow of writing to directly addresss a person or personified object
ex. iv been hidding from the police for 5 years. If you have done what i have done, you would be too.

Question 5

Distinction

Answer 5

writer elaborates on the definition of a word to make sure there is no mistunderstanding
ex.you gonna die out there, by which i mean you never trained for any on this and you suck at combat.

Question 6

Epsitrophe

Answer 6

the same word or phrase is repeated at the end of multiple clauses or sentences.
ex. this is your country, my country, our country to protect and charish

Question 7

enphemism

Answer 7

a mild or indirect word or expression substitututed for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarassion
ex. “you already did so much”
- stop helping, you making this worse

Question 8

exemplum

Answer 8

simply provides the reader with an example to illustrate a point
ex. life always finds a way to put you back on track for example, it might be your screaming parents

Question 9

hypophora

Answer 9

asking a question, then proceeding to answer it
ex. do you like sushi? Cause I do

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

Exaggerates some part of the statement in order to guve it emphasis or focus.
ex, im hungry, i can eat a whole cow

Question 11

metaphor

Answer 11

a comparison where the writer speaks as one things as if it were the other, “to be”
ex. his jawline cut through glass

Question 12

onomatopoeia

Answer 12

a word describing a sound, mimics the og sound
ex. pop, boom, crash, splat

Question 13

parataxis

Answer 13

listing a series of clause with no conjunctions
sense of immediacy, muliple things happening at once
ex. we fight, we fall, we get back up
eat sleap skate repeat

Question 14

personification

Answer 14

the act of giving human attributes to something that is non-human
ex. the wind wisperd

Question 15

simile

Answer 15

writer compaires 2 things using the words “like” or “as”, pointing out likeness between the 2 things being compaired
ex. jumping like a grasshopper; smile as bright as the sun

Question 16

understatement

Answer 16

the force of a descriptive statement is less than what one would normally expect
ex. its just a scratch , as he pulles out the knife inpailed in his ribs.