Rhetorical Devices pt. 2

Question 1

hypophora

Answer 1

asking a question then immediately answering it

Question 2

imperative sentence

Answer 2

sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat

Question 3

Inversion

Answer 3

inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)

Question 4

juxtaposition

Answer 4

placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Question 5

Litotes

Answer 5

using a word opposite to the condition for emphasis or to weaken a claim

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

figure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison

Question 7

Metonymy

Answer 7

using a single feature to represent the whole

Question 8

Oxymoron

Answer 8

paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another

Question 9

Parallelism

Answer 9

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Question 10

Periodic Sentence

Answer 10

sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea

Question 12

Procatalepsis

Answer 12

admitting and handling potential objections

proactively acknowledging potential objection

Question 13

Rhetorical Question

Answer 13

figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the sole purpose of getting an answer

Question 14

Sententia

Answer 14

a quotation, maxim, or wise saying

Question 15

Synecdoche

Answer 15

replacing a specific part of something with the whole (see: metonymy)

Question 16

Understatement

Answer 16

rhetorical form in which the force of a descriptive statement is less than what one would normally expect

Question 17

Zeugma

Answer 17

use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous meanings