rhetorical devices

Question 1

allusion

Answer 1

a reference to something widely and popularly known
(“plan ahead; it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark”)
(“it’s a rather dumb name, but a rose by any other name…”)

Question 2

analogy

Answer 2

comparisons or extended metaphor between two things
“in no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet, and as england and america, with respect to each other, reverse the common order of nature” -common sense

Question 3

anaphora

Answer 3

repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successful clauses
(we shall fight in france, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches…”

Question 4

antithesis

Answer 4

a contrasting of ideas within the same or adjoining sentences
(“one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind”)
(“some men see things as they are and say, why; i dream of things that never were and say, why not?”)
(“with malice toward none, with charity toward all”)

Question 5

oxymoron

Answer 5

two words that contradict each other
(parting is such sweet sorrow)
(initial results)
(open secret)
(even odds)

Question 6

paradox

Answer 6

a sentence that seems to contradict itself but has an element of truth behind it
(“the more i give to thee, the more i have”)
(the only constant in life is change)