rhetorical devices

Question 1

chiasmus

Answer 1

words repeated in reverse order

Question 2

conundrum

Answer 2

confusing/difficult problem

Question 3

alliteration

Answer 3

repetition of same letter or sounds in words

Question 4

cacophony

Answer 4

harsh mixture of sounds

Question 5

epigraph

Answer 5

quotation at beginning of text to show theme

Question 6

antithesis

Answer 6

opposite of something

Question 7

euphony

Answer 7

pleasing to the ear

Question 8

elegy

Answer 8

poem of serious reflection

Question 9

eulogy

Answer 9

speech praising the dead

Question 10

deus ex machina

Answer 10

a plot device that is unexpected and turns the tide

Question 11

antimetabole

Answer 11

repeating words in opposite order

Question 12

asyndeton

Answer 12

without conjunction

Question 13

consonance

Answer 13

repetition of consonance sounds

Question 14

satire

Answer 14

use of humor exaggeration to ridicule

Question 15

euphemism

Answer 15

using a milder word to explain something in a less harsh way

Question 16

epistrophe

Answer 16

repetition of word at end of sentence/clause

Question 17

litote

Answer 17

ironic understatements

Question 18

inference

Answer 18

deduction

Question 19

jargon

Answer 19

special words

Question 20

simile

Answer 20

compare with like or as