running notes 17-24

Question 1

analogy

Answer 1

a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. it aims to at explaining things by comparing it to something that is familiar

Question 2

parallelism

Answer 2

use of components in a sentence that are gramatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter

Question 3

allusions

Answer 3

brief and indirect references to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literacy or political significance. it is a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to posses enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance to the text

Question 4

metonymy

Answer 4

figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated

Question 5

anaphora

Answer 5

in writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect.

Question 6

epistrophe

Answer 6

a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of each clause or sentence

Question 7

asyndeton

Answer 7

a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between phrases and in the sentence; yet maintain the grammatical accuracy.

Question 8

polysyndeton

Answer 8

makes use of coordinating conjunctions like “and, or, but, nor”, which are used to join successive words, phrases, or clauses in such a way that these conjunctions are even used where they might be admitted