Schemes and Tropes

Question 0

Litotes

Answer 0

Understatement, denying its opposite

Opposite of hyperbole

Question 1

Synecdoche

Answer 1

Whole is repeated but naming one of its parts (like metonymy)

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Rhetorical exaggeration

Question 3

Paradox

Answer 3

Statement that is self-contradicting (doesn’t make sense)

Question 4

Irony

Answer 4

Imply the contrary of what one says, often for the purpose of mockery (makes sense when just looking at it)

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

Give inanimate objects human qualities

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

Comparison with like or as

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

Comparison referring one thing to another

Question 8

Rhetorical question

Answer 8

Question not needing an answer

Question 9

Metonymy

Answer 9

Same as synecdoche, reference to something, part, ex. the crown

Question 10

Anadiplosis

Answer 10

Repetition of last word from the previous line, at the beginning of the next

Question 11

Oxymoron

Answer 11

Placing 2 ordinary opposing terms adjacent to one another (doesn’t make sense)

Question 12

Alliteration

Answer 12

Repetition of the same letter or sound within nearby words

Question 13

Asyndeton

Answer 13

Omission of conjunctions between clauses

Question 14

Polysyndeton

Answer 14

Many conjunctions in between clauses

Question 15

Anaphora

Answer 15

Repetition of same word at beginning of clauses

Question 16

Chiasmus

Answer 16

Repetition of ideas in inverted order

Not same words

Question 17

Ellipsis

Answer 17

Omission of word easily understood in context

Question 18

Anastrophe

Answer 18

Departure from normal word order for the sake of emphasis

Question 19

Parallelism

Answer 19

Similarity of structure in a pair of related words (compare similar concepts)

Question 20

Antithesis

Answer 20

Nearness of contrasting words or ideas (makes sense)

Question 21

Antimetabole

Answer 21

Repetition of words in successive clauses (same words)

Question 22

Parenthesis

Answer 22

Insertion of verbal unit that interrupts normal syntactical flow

Question 23

Epistrophe

Answer 23

Ending a series of lines with the same word

Question 24

Isocolon

Answer 24

Series of similar structured elements having the same length (with conjunctions)

Question 25

Motif

Answer 25

Reoccurring subject/theme

Question 26

Cliché

Answer 26

Phrase that is overused and betrays lack of original thought

Question 27

Imagery

Answer 27

Visually description or figurative language

Question 28

Jargon

Answer 28

Special words that are used by particular group

Question 29

Allusion

Answer 29

Expression designated to call something to mind without mentioning it

Question 30

Analogy

Answer 30

Comparison to 2 very different things

Question 31

Symbol

Answer 31

Contains several level of meanings

Question 32

Euphemism

Answer 32

Indirect word or phrase to make less harsh