Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Diacope

Answer 1

The repetition of a word/phrase with one or two words in between (home sweet home)

Question 2

Progressio

Answer 2

Repeatedly saying something, then its opposite (a different thing, and its opposite)

Question 3

Chiasmus

Answer 3

When words are presented in one order, then the reverse (if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with)

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

Repetition of the same word/phrase at the start of multiple sentences

Question 5

Anadiplosis

Answer 5

Connecting one sentence/clause to the next by repeating a word at the end of one clause and the start of the next

Question 6

Rhetorical question

Answer 6

:)

Question 7

Polysyndeton

Answer 7

Repetition of a conjunction, usually ‘and’

Question 8

Asyndeton

Answer 8

Omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.

Question 9

Litotes

Answer 9

An understatement in which an affirmative statement is expressed by negating its opposite (eg ‘not bad’)

Question 10

Amplification

Answer 10

Expanding on an original statement and increasing its intensity with repetition

Question 11

Anacoluthon

Answer 11

Disrupting the expected grammar/syntax of a sentence

Question 12

Hypophora

Answer 12

Proposing a question and following it up with a clear answer

Question 13

Procatalepsis

Answer 13

Anticipating and noting a potential objection, then providing a counter argument.