RList 3

Question 0

Ellipsis

Answer 0

The deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context. Ex- “wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools, because they have to say something.”

Question 1

Asyndeton

Answer 1

The deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series or relates clauses. Ex-“he was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac.”

Question 2

Apophasis

Answer 2

Rhetorical figure in which one makes an assertion while pretending to deny it ex- I don’t want to say something bad about another doctor, especially one who is a useless drunk.

Question 3

Anastrophe

Answer 3

The inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order often parts of a sentence. The purpose of rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion. Ex- not in the legions of horrid hell came a devil more damned in ills to top Macbeth.

Question 4

Apostrophe

Answer 4

Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified idea. Ex- hello darkness, my old friend.