Rhetoric

Question 0

Type of pun in which one of the meanings is extremely sexually suggestive.

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Double Entrendre

Question 1

Play on words; using one word to suggest a different thing; mainly humorous but can create an emotional tone.

Answer 1

Pun

Question 2

I wish to die upon your breast.

Answer 2

Double Entendre

Question 3

Play on the sound of words

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Onomatopoeia

Question 4

The bee buzzed in front of my nose.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 5

Gun Play in Double Indemnity

Answer 5

Pun

Question 6

Comparison using like or as.

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Simile

Question 7

My love is like a fever burning me up.

Answer 7

Simile

Question 8

An implied comparison not using like or as.

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Metaphor

Question 9

My love is a fever burning me up.

Answer 9

Metaphor

Question 10

An implicit comparison that sets up a proportional relationship between two sets of ideas with each set consisting of at least two different qualities.

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Analogy

Question 11

If knowledge is a tree the different fields are its branches.

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Analogy

Question 12

Using human qualities to describe abstract ideas.

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Personification

Question 13

Extended comparison; a set of abstract ideas is personified through human characters.

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Allegory

Question 14

Animal Farm

Answer 14

Allegory

Question 15

Short allegorical stories that point out a lesson; animals with human qualities.

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Fables

Question 16

Three Little Pigs

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Fable

Question 17

Abstract and complex processes referred to by means of a single concrete part typically associated with more complex processes.

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Metonymy

Question 18

The pen is mightier than the sword.

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Metonymy

Question 19

Concrete complex entity is represented in one single part.

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Synechdote

Question 20

All hands on deck.

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Synechdote

Question 21

Daily Bread

Answer 21

Metonymy and Synechdote

Question 22

The placing of a word or phrase immediately following another word or phrase to add more detail.

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Apposition

Question 23

F.D.R., Thirty-Second P.O.T.U.S., served four terms.

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Apposition

Question 24

Single word adjective to describe a quality associated with it.

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Epithet

Question 25

Alexander the Great

Answer 25

Epithet

Question 26

Use of language to exaggerate an idea.

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Hyperbole

Question 27

He gets a million girls.

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Hyperbole

Question 28

Plays down the magnitude of an idea.

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Understatement

Question 29

Plays down the magnitude of an idea in a roundabout way in order to make it less obscene.

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Euphamism

Question 30

I need to use the restroom instead of I need to urinate.

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Euphemism

Question 31

The expression of an apparent contradiction where opposing ideas are on some level true; makes an illogical statement seem logical; challenges the traditional notion of logical consistency.

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Paradox

Question 32

Visteme despacio que estoy de prisa.

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Paradox

Question 33

Paradox by linking two contradictory words.

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Oxymoron

Question 34

Jumbo Shrimp

Answer 34

Oxymoron

Question 35

Repetition in a sentence or paragraph of the same type of grammatical forms.

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Parallelism

Question 36

Of the people, by the people, for the people

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Parallelism

Question 37

Omission of a word that is implied by context.

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Ellipses

Question 38

Some like their hamburgers with ketchup, some with mustard.

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Ellipses

Question 39

Specific use of parallelism to express opposing or contrary meaning.

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Antithesis

Question 40

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

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Antithesis

Question 41

Type of interruption in which the speaker or writer stops a sentence midway and addresses an individual who may or may not be present.

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Exclamation

Question 42

Interruption in a sentence before it has been completed to insert a phrase that introduces a new idea.

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Parenthesis

Question 43

Wherein any man is bold -I am speaking foolishly- I am also bold... Are they ministers of Christ? I- to speak as a fool- am more.

Answer 43

Parenthesis