rhetorical devices

Question 0

antithesis

Answer 0

contrasting ideas on parallels structure

Question 1

parallelism

Answer 1

similarity of structure

Question 2

anastrophe

Answer 2

inversion of unusual word order

Question 3

parenthesis

Answer 3

phrase that interrupts the normal flow of the sentence

Question 4

apposition

Answer 4

two side by side coordinate elements, second modifying the first

Question 5

ellipsis

Answer 5

omission of word thats readily implied

Question 6

asyndeton

Answer 6

omission of conjunctions

Question 7

polysyndeton

Answer 7

deliberate use of multiple conjunctions

Question 8

alliteration

Answer 8

repetition of consonants

Question 9

assonance

Answer 9

repetition if similar vowel sounds

Question 10

anaphora

Answer 10

repetition of same word at the beginning

Question 11

antimetabole

Answer 11

two words are used then repeated in reverse order

Question 12

climax

Answer 12

words in order of increasing importance

Question 13

anticlimax

Answer 13

words in decreasing effect with comic effect

Question 14

synecdoche

Answer 14

figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole

Question 15

metonymy

Answer 15

writer refers to smthg by substituting an object

Question 16

antanaclasis

Answer 16

repetition of word in two diff. senses

Question 17

paronamasia

Answer 17

word with more than one meaning is used as two meanings both make sense

Question 18

hyperbole

Answer 18

exaggeration

Question 19

litotes

Answer 19

understatement. double negative

Question 20

onomatopeia

Answer 20

words whose spud mimics the sound of what they refer to

Question 21

oxymoron

Answer 21

use of two words thats contradictory

Question 22

paradox

Answer 22

contradictory statement thats not true

Question 23

apostrophe

Answer 23

direct address to imaginary thing

Question 24

neologism

Answer 24

new word that author uses to convey an idea

Question 25

praeteritio

Answer 25

writer calls to attention by disregarding it