Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

anadiplosis

Answer 1

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase at the end of a sentence/clause is repeated at or near the beginning of the next sentence/clause

Question 2

anaphora

Answer 2

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive clauses, sentences, or paragraphs

Question 3

antimetabole

Answer 3

the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed (reversed) grammatical order

Question 4

antistrophe

Answer 4

the repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

Question 5

antithesis

Answer 5

the juxtaposition of opposing ideas in a balanced or parallel manner

Question 6

asyndeton

Answer 6

the lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

Question 7

inversion

Answer 7

the reversal of the usual word order in a prose sentence or a line or poetry for emphasis or variety

Question 8

parallelism

Answer 8

the use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form

Question 9

polysyndeton

Answer 9

the repetition of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

Question 10

rhetorical question

Answer 10

a question that is asked to get the audience or reader involved, but no reply is expected. The question implies the right answer