Rhetoric

Question 1

Repetition of words with the same root word: “News is what somebody, somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising” -Journalistic saying

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Adnomination

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Series of words that begin with the same consonant:

“the Three grey geese in a green field grazing. Grey were the geese and green was the grazing” -Mother Goose

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Alliteration

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Hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths insinuating a complete impossibility:
“A snowball’s chance in hell”

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Adynaton

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Wording ignoring syntax achieved with the help of transposing clauses within a sentence:

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Anacoluthon (an-: ‘not’ + akolouthos: ‘following’)

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Repetition of a word at the end of a clause at the beginning of another:
“Strength through purity, purity through faith” -Alan Moore

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Anadiplosis

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Repetition of the same word or group of words in a paragraph:
“I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean” -Langston Hughes

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Anaphora (Greek: “carrying back”)

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Changing the object, subject and verb order in a clause:

“Yea, his is all the work, and all that therein doth endure” -Coleridge

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Anastrophe (Greek: “a turning back or about”)

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An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintended) on the part of a speaker or writer from the dignity of idea which he appeared to be aiming at:
“Die and endow a college or a cat”

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Anticlimax (klimax: “staircase” or “ladder”)

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Repetition of a single word, but with different meanings:

“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired, with enthusiasm” -Vince Lombardi

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Antanaclasis (Greek: “reflection”)

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Transformation of a word of a certain word class to another word class 
"I just verbed it, i just verbed verb" -Hank Green

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Anthimeria (Greek: “anti” and “meros”, part)

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Repetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse order:
“He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions” -Mystery Men

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Antimetabole (Greek: “anti” and “metabole”, turning about, change)

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Repetition of the same word or group of words in a paragraph:
“And that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” -A. Lincoln

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Epistrophe, antistrophe or epiphora

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Juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas:

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” -Dickens

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Antithesis (Greek: “anti” + “thesis”, position)

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Statement that calls into question the definition of a word

“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” -Bill Clinton

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Aphorismus (Greek: “ a marking off, rejection, banishment”)

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Breaking off or pausing speech for dramatic or emotional effect:
“Get out, or else…”

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Aposiopesis (Greek, “becoming silent”)

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Placing of two statements side by side, in which the second defines the first

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Apposition

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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Assonance

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Mocking answer or humorous answer that plays on a word

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Asteismus

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Omission of conjunctions between related clauses

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Asyndeton

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Juxtaposition of words producing a harsh sound

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Cacophony

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Co-reference of one expression with another expression which follows it

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Cataphora

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Linking a proper noun and a common noun with an article

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Classification

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Repetiotion of words in successive clauses, in reverse order

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Chiasmus

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Arrangement of words in order of increasing importance

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Climax

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Repetition of consonant sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse

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Consonance

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Omission of words

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Ellipsis

Question 27

Changing the grammatical form of a word, but not its meaning

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Enallage

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Breaking of a syntactic unit (a phrase, clause, or sentence) by the end of a line or between two verses

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Enjambment

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An informal syllogism

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Enthymeme

Question 30

Repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end of the clause or sentence

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Epanalepsis

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Repetition of a word or several words

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Epanodos

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Repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses. Counterpart of Anaphora

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Epistrophe or antistrophe

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Repetition of a single word, with no other words in between

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Epizeuxis

Question 34

Opposite of cacophony - i.e. a pleasant sounding

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Euphony

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Partially rhyming words

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Half rhyme

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Use of two nouns to express an idea when the normal structure would be a noun and an adjective or noun functioning as an adjective

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Hendiadys

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Use of three nouns to express one idea

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Hendriatris

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Ending the last words of a distinct part of the speech with the same syllable or letter

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Homeoptoton

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Words that are identical in spelling but different in origin and meaning

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Homographs

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Words that are identical with each other in pronunciation and spelling, but differing in origin and meaning

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Homonyms

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Words that are identical with each other in pronunciation, but differing in spelling, origin and meaning

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Homophones

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Words with the same suffix

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Homeoteleuton

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An abnormal, unexpected change of two segments in a sentence

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Hypallage

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Two ordinary associated words are detached. The term may also be used more generally for all different figures of speech which traspose natural word order in sentences

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Hyperbaton

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Exaggeration of a statement

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Hyperbole

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Every clause having its own independent subject and predicate

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Hypozeuxis

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The inversion of the usual temporal or causal order between two elements

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Hysteron proteron

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Use of parallel structures of the same length in successive clauses

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Isocolon

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Using two or more rhyming words in the same sentence

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Internal rhyme

Question 50

Using a compound word neologism to form a metonym

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Kenning

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Referring to a whole by enumerating some of its parts

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Merism

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Imitation of a person's speech or writing

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Mimesis

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Word that imitates a real sound

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Onomatopoeia

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Repetition of the disjunctive pair "neither" and "nor"

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Paradiastole

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The use of similar structures in two or more clauses

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Parallelism

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Unexpected ending or truncation of a clause

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Paraprosdokian

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A parenthetical entry

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Parenthesis

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Speaking openly or boldly, in a situation where it is unexpected (i.e. politics)

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Parrhesia

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The use of additional words than are needed to express meaning

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Pleonasm

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Repetition of words derived from the same root

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Polyptoton

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Close repetition of conjunctions

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Polysyndeton

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Repetition of letter 's', it is a form of alliteration

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Sibilance

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Trespassing grammatical and syntactical rules

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Solecism

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Switching place of syllables within two words in a sentence yielding amusement

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Spoonerism

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Declaring something the best within its class i.e. the ugliest, the most precious

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Superlative

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Simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe: the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning and the end of successive clauses

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Symploce

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Words that are intentionally scattered to create perplexment

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Synchysis

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Agreement of words according to the sense, and not the grammatical form

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Synesis

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Referring to a part by its whole or vice versa

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Synecdoche

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Use of two or more synonyms in the same clause or sentence

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Synonymia

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Redundancy due to superfluous qualification; saying the same thin twice

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Tautology

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Insertion of content within a compound word

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Tmesis

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The using of one verb for two or more actions

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Zeugma

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Expressing the want of something by denying it

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Accismus

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Extended metaphor in which a symbolic story is told

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Allegory

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Covert reference to another work of literature or art

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Allusion

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Phrasing which can have two meanings

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Ambiguity

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Posing a question to an audience, often with the implication that it shares a common interest with the speaker

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Anacoenosis

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A comparison

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Analogy

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Leaving a common known saying unfinished

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Anapodoton

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A form of pun in which a word is repeated in two different senses

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Antanaclasis

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Transformating a word's word class

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Anthimeria

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Ascribing human characteristics to something that is not human, such as an animal or a god

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Anthropomorphism

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Repetition of words in successive clauses, but in switched order

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Antimetabole

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A name or a phrase used ironically

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Antiphrasis

Question 86

Substitution of a proper name for a phrase or vice versa

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Antonomasia

Question 87

Briefly phrased, easily memorable statement of a truth or opinion, an adage

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Aphrorism

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Invoking an idea by denying its invocation

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Apophasis

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Directing the attention away from the audience to an absent third party, often in the form of a personified abstraction or inanimate object

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Apostrophe

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Use of an obsolete word

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Archaism

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Form of hyperbole, in which a more important sounding word is used in place of a more descriptive term

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Auxesis

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Pompous speech with a ludicrously mundane worded anti-climax

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Bathos

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An amusing, overstated or grotesque comparison or examplification

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Burlesque metaphor

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Blatant misuse of words or phrases

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Catachresis

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Talking around a topic by substituting or adding words, as in euphemism or periphrasis

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Circumlocution

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Substitution of a harsher, more offensive, or more disagreeable term for another

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Dysphemism

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Immediate and emphatic self-correction, often following a slip of the tongue

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Epanorthosis

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Expressing doubt over one's ability to hold speeches, or doubt over other ability

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Dubitation

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Lively describing something you see, often a painting

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Elkphrasis

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A speech consisting of praise; a eulogy

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Encomium

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A sort of amplification and accumulation in which specific aspects are added up to make a point

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Enumeratio

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Mentioning a saying and the commenting on it

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Epicrisis

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Rhetorical question displaying disapproval or debunks

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Epiplexis

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Initially pretending to agree with an opposing debater or invite one to do something

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Epitrope

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Rhetorical question

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Erotema

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Rhetorical question expressing approvement or refusal or belief in

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Erotesis

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Substitution of a less offensive or more agreeable term for another

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Euphemism

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Pompous speech

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Grandiloquence

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A loud calling or crying out

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Exclamation

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The act of insulting

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Invective

Question 111

Words that naturally belong together are separated from each other for emphasis or effect

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Hyperbaton

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Use of exaggerated terms for emphasis

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Hyperbole

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An implication or declaration of resemblance that does not directly name both terms

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Hypocatastasis

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Answering one's own rhetorical question at length

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Hypophora

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Reversal of anticipated order of events; a form of hyperbaton

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Hysteron proteron

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Having a hidden meaning in a sentence that makes sense whether it is detected or not

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Innuendo

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Use of a word in a way that conveys a meaning opposite to its usual meaning

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Irony

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Repetition of a cohesive device at the end

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Kataphora

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Emphasizing the magnitude of a statement by denying its opposite

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Litotes

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Using a word through confusion with a word that sounds similar

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Malapropism

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Use of understatement, usually to diminish the importance of something

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Meiosis

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Referring to a whole by enumerating some of its parts

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Merism

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Figurative speech is used in a new context

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Metalepsis

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Figurative language

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Metaphor

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A thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept

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Metonymy

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The use of a word or term that has recently been created, or has been in use for a short time. Opposite of Archaism

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Neologism

Question 127

Statement that bears no relationship to the context preceding

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Non sequitur

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Mentioning something by reportedly not mentioning it

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Occupatio

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Using two terms together, that normally contradict each other

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Oxymoron

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Replacing in a phrase or text a second part, that would have been logically expected

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Par'hyponoian

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Extended metaphor told as an anecdote to illustrate or teach a moral lesson

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Parable

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Making a euphemism out of what usually is considered adversive. Extenuating a vice in order to flatter or soothe

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Paradiastole

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Use of apparently contradictory ideas to point out some underlying truth

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Paradox

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Phrase in which the latter part causes a rethinking or reframing of the beginnning

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Paraprosdokian

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Drawing attention to something while pretending to pass it over

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Paralipsis

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Humouristic imitation

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Parody

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Pun in which similar sounding words but words having a different meaning are used

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Paronomasia

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Ascribing human conduct and feelings to nature

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Pathetic fallacy

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A synonym for circumlocution

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Periphrasis

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Refuting anticipated objections as part of the main argument

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Procatalepsis

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Extreme form of paralipsis in which the speaker provides great detail while feigning to pass over a topic

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Proslepsis

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Adding a syllable to the beginning of a word

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Prothesis

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Succunct or pithy, often metaphorical, expression of wisdom commonly believed to be tru

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Proverb

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Play on words that will have two meanings

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Pun

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Asking a question as a way of asserting something. Asking a question which already has the answer hidden in it. O r asking a question not for the sake of getting an answer but for asserting something (or as in a poem for creating a poetic effect)

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Rhetorical question

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Use of long and obscure words

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Sesquipedalianism

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Comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

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Simile

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Alteration of cliché or phrasal template

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Snowclone

Question 149

The use of a word in its figurative and literal sense at the same time or where a single word in used in relation to two other parts of a sentence although the word grammatically or logically applies to only one

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Syllepsis

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Adaptation of style to the level of the audience

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Syncatabasis

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Giving an impression of impartiality

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Synchoresis

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Form of metonymy, referring to a part by its whole, or a whole by its part

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Synecdoche

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Description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another

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Synesthesis

Question 154

A self-evident statement

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Truism

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Combination of three elements, each decreasing in size

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Tricolon diminuens

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Combination of three elements, each increasing in size

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Tricolon crescens

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Applying animal characteristics to humans or gods

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Zoomorphism