Rhetorical Figures

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of consonant sounds

Question 2

amplificatio

Answer 2

expanding in expression or effect

Question 3

anacoluthon

Answer 3

breaking off a sentence, differing grammatically

Question 4

anadiplosis

Answer 4

combining repetition and amplification

Question 5

anaphora

Answer 5

repetition of words at beginning of clause

Question 6

antanaclasis

Answer 6

repetition of word, changing meaning

Question 7

antithesis

Answer 7

balancing two terms with contrasting forces

Question 8

antonomasia

Answer 8

epithet or nickname

Question 9

assonance

Answer 9

repetition of vowel sounds

Question 10

asyndeton

Answer 10

omission of conjunctions

Question 11

auxesis

Answer 11

cranking things up

Question 12

chiasmus

Answer 12

four terms in criss-crossed relation

Question 13

climax

Answer 13

series of successive clauses build up in importance

Question 14

concessio

Answer 14

conceding of minor point to gain a more important one

Question 15

enumeratio

Answer 15

numbering off of points

Question 16

epistrophe

Answer 16

repetition of word at end of clause

Question 17

erotema

Answer 17

rhetorical question

Question 18

metaphor

Answer 18

something is another

Question 19

metonymy

Answer 19

substitution of something with attribute

Question 20

paranomasia

Answer 20

word play

Question 21

pleonasmus

Answer 21

inclusion of words that are superfluous

Question 22

ploce

Answer 22

repetition of word

Question 23

polyptoton

Answer 23

repetition of word, changing form

Question 24

polysyndeton

Answer 24

overuse of conjunctions

Question 25

simile

Answer 25

something is like another

Question 26

syndeton

Answer 26

two terms linked by conjunction

Question 27

tricolon

Answer 27

three units of speech put in a row