Rhetorical Devices 1

Question 1

What is Figurative Language?

Answer 1

The generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. Mostly used to make up a writer’s style.

Question 2

What are Schemes?

Answer 2

A deviation from the ordinary pattern or arrangement of words (transference of order)

Question 3

What are Tropes?

Answer 3

A deviation from the ordinary and principal meaning of a word (transference of meaning)

Question 4

What are Common Schemes?

Answer 4

Deviation from the ordinary pattern or arrangement of words (transference of order)

Question 5

What is Parallelism?

Answer 5

A similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

Question 6

What is a Isocolon?

Answer 6

A scheme of parallel structure that occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length (number of words or even number of syllables). For example, “An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.”

Question 7

What is Antithesis?

Answer 7

The juxtaposition (comparing of different thing that are close to each other) of contrasting ides, often in parallel structure. For example, “What if I am rich, and another is poor– strong, and he is weak…

Question 8

What is an Anastrophe?

Answer 8

It is the inversion of natural word order. This is used to emphasize a certain area of the text. For example, “One ad does not a survey make.” not “One ad does make a survey.”