Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Asyndeton

Answer 1

Absence of conjunctions

Question 2

Polysyndeton

Answer 2

Purposeful use of many conjunctions

Question 3

Litotes

Answer 3

Under stem ent made by negating the opposite

Question 4

Chiasmus

Answer 4

Parallel structure of two clauses but with reversed word order

Question 5

Zeugma

Answer 5

One verb/adjective modifies 2+ nouns

Question 6

Antithesis

Answer 6

Contrast via parallel organization

Question 7

Anaphora

Answer 7

Repetition of word/phrase at the beginning of the successive clause (beginning beginning)

Question 8

Epistrophe

Answer 8

Repetition of a word/phrase at the end of the successive clause (beginning end)

Question 9

Anadiplosis

Answer 9

Repetition of the last word/phrase in a clause at the end of successive clause (end beginning)

Question 10

Conduplicatio

Answer 10

Repetition of a key word at the beginning of the successive clause (keyword beginning)

Question 11

Epanalepsis

Answer 11

Starting and ending the sentence/clause with the same word or phrase

Question 12

Hypophora

Answer 12

Raising then responding to a question

Question 13

Rhetorical question

Answer 13

Asking a question that’s not meant to be answered

Question 14

Procatalepsis

Answer 14

Anticipating and answering a question

Question 15

Metabasis

Answer 15

Briefly stating what’s been said and what’s to follow

Question 16

Distinctio

Answer 16

Referencing the very specific meaning of a word

Question 17

Amplification

Answer 17

Repeating a word with more detail

Question 18

Scesis Onamaton

Answer 18

Repetition of words that mean the same thing

Question 19

Apophasis

Answer 19

Mentioning something by claiming not to mention it

Question 20

Metanoia

Answer 20

Recalling something to express it differentky

Question 21

Aporia

Answer 21

Expressing doubt

Question 22

Catachresis

Answer 22

Use of the wrong word for context

Question 23

Synedoche

Answer 23

When a part represents a whole or vice versa

Question 24

Metonymy

Answer 24

The substation of a name/characteristic for the actual subject

Question 25

Eponym

Answer 25

When something is named after an actual name

Question 26

Oxymoron

Answer 26

Conjoint contradictory phrases

Question 27

Epithet

Answer 27

Using a descriptive name to characterize

Question 28

Hyperbaton

Answer 28

A,terming word order for effect

Question 29

Enthymeme

Answer 29

When an argument is missing parts

Question 30

Antimetabole

Answer 30

The use of words in the opposite order

Question 31

Antiphrasis

Answer 31

Use of words for the opposite meaning

Question 32

Epizeuxis

Answer 32

Immediate repetition

Question 33

Aposiopesis

Answer 33

A sudden break

Question 34

Anacoluthon

Answer 34

Switch from one sYntactic structure to another between clauses

Question 35

Enamuratio

Answer 35

Dividing of lists

Question 36

Antanagoge

Answer 36

Placing a positive next to a negative ti negate the negative

Question 37

Parataxis

Answer 37

No indication of subordination or coordination between ckauses

Question 38

Hypotaxis

Answer 38

Indication of subordination between clauses

Question 39

Sententia

Answer 39

Witty comment to summarkze

Question 40

Exemplar

Answer 40

Using an anecdote