Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Accumulation

Answer 1

Presenting the points of a speech in a climactic way

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Representing the same letter or sound in nearby words, especially consonants

Question 3

Anemnesis

Answer 3

Quoting an author from the past to make you seem knowledgeable

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines, sentences or clasuses

Question 5

Antaclasis

Answer 5

Repeating a word but changing it’s meaning

Question 6

Anthypophora

Answer 6

Asking a question but immediately answering it yourself

Question 7

Antithesis

Answer 7

Linking opposites or contrasting ideas in one statement

Question 8

Epiphora

Answer 8

repeating a word or phrase at the end of succesive liines, scentences or clauses.

Question 9

Irony

Answer 9

Speaking in a way that implies the opposite of what is said

Question 10

Erotema

Answer 10

Asking a rhetorical Questing

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

Using a word or phrase that stands for one thing to stand for something else

Question 11

Maxim

Answer 11

Quoting a short saying that expresses a general rule of conduct.

Question 11

Parallelism

Answer 11

Using the same structure for a pair or series of words, phrases, or clauses

Question 12

Sarcasm

Answer 12

Mocking or taunting through irony

Question 13

Simile

Answer 13

Comparing two different things ofter using the words “like” or “as”

Question 14

Tricolon

Answer 14

Speaking in threes