Tropes and Schemes

Question 1

Hyperbole

Answer 1

exaggeration

Question 2

Understatement

Answer 2

an expression of lesser description or emphasis than what would be expected

Question 3

gerund

Answer 3

a verb form (participle) used as a noun

Question 4

jargon

Answer 4

language understood in a particular profession or field

Question 5

rhetorical shift

Answer 5

a change in mood, tone, or attitude usually signaled by “but,” “however,” “then”

Question 6

antithesis

Answer 6

uses a contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideas

Question 7

climax

Answer 7

proceeds from least to most important

Question 8

anaphora

Answer 8

repetition of word or phrase at beginning

Question 9

epistrophe

Answer 9

repetition of word or phrase at end

Question 10

anadiplosis

Answer 10

last word repeated at or near beginning of next phrase ( chains the phrases together)

Question 11

antimetabole

Answer 11

repetition in reverse order

Question 12

apostrophe

Answer 12

breaking off to address someone who isn’t there or an abstract idea

Question 13

synecdoche

Answer 13

using a part to represent the whole

Question 14

metonomy

Answer 14

using something closely related to object to refer to object

Question 15

zeugma

Answer 15

device where one word (usually the verb) applies to two others but in a different sense

Question 16

paralipsis

Answer 16

to say you’re going to omit something, and then manage to say it

Question 17

antihimeria

Answer 17

substituting one part of speech for another

Question 18

hypophora

Answer 18

asking a question and answering it

Question 19

rhetorical question

Answer 19

asks reader/listener a question

Question 20

parenthesis

Answer 20

a device to insert additional information - commas, dashes, and parentheses

Question 21

litotes

Answer 21

ironic understatement in which an affirmative if expressed by the negative of its contrary.