Rhetorics F-P

Question 1

Parallelism

Answer 1

2 clauses same grammatical structure
What you see is what you get

Question 2

Polysyndeton

Answer 2

Extra conjunctions in list
I need bread, and milk, and eggs, and yogurt.

Question 3

Metabasis

Answer 3

Summarizing previous claims, moving on
You have heard how the proposed plan will fail; now consider how an alternative might succeed.

Question 4

Procatalepsis

Answer 4

Raises opposing view and discredits it
This question is stupid. Or is it? If we look close we can find some important points

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

Comparing 2 things without like or as
She is an angel

Question 6

Hypophora

Answer 6

Asks question and answers it
What’s one way to unwind after exams? The beach!

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

Exaggeration
I was dying of laughter

Question 8

Litotes

Answer 8

Says “not” sarchasm
That was not nice

Question 9

Metonymy

Answer 9

Closely associated ideas
The Crown - meaning the Royal Family

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Gives human characteristics to something not human
The sky cried

Question 11

Periodic Sentence

Answer 11

Main clause is at the end
When the cafe is too packed, I work from home

Question 12

Nonperiodic Sentence

Answer 12

Main clause at the front
I work from home when the cafe is too packed.