Syntax

Question 1

Repetition

Answer 1

a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.

Question 2

Parallelism

Answer 2

using similar words, clauses, phrases, sentence structure, or other grammatical elements to emphasize similar ideas in a sentence.

Question 3

Paradox

Answer 3

a statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics.

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

the repetition of beginning of the sentence.

Question 5

Expletive

Answer 5

a short phrase that is not needed.

Question 6

Inversion

Answer 6

an inverted sentence is one in which the verb comes before the subject.

Question 7

Enumeration

Answer 7

the act or process of making or stating a list of things one after another.

Question 8

Periodic

Answer 8

longer with many clauses. main idea and verb come at end.

Question 9

Cumulative

Answer 9

longer with many clauses. main idea and verb come at beginning.