Stylistic devices

Question 1

Comparison using like or as

Answer 1

Simile

Question 2

Comparison where one thing represents another

Answer 2

Metaphor

Question 4

Giving human traits

Answer 4

Personification

Question 5

Removing human traits

Answer 5

Depersonification

Question 6

Mixing sensory impressions

Answer 6

Synesthesia

Question 7

Part to represent the whole

Answer 7

Synecdoche

Question 8

One concept for something closely related

Answer 8

Metonymy

Question 9

Softening harsh terms

Answer 9

Euphemism

Question 10

Harshening terms

Answer 10

Dysphemism

Question 11

Exaggeration

Answer 11

Hyperbole

Question 12

Opposite of what is meant

Answer 12

Irony

Question 13

Something representing an idea

Answer 13

Symbol

Question 14

Double negatives

Answer 14

Litotes

Question 15

Repetition at the start

Answer 15

Anaphora

Question 16

Repititio at the end

Answer 16

Epiphora

Question 17

General repetition

Answer 17

Repititio

Question 18

Repititio of a phrase

Answer 18

Epimone

Question 19

Doppeltgemopelt (using synonymous phrases)

Answer 19

Tautology

Question 20

Redundant words

Answer 20

Pleonasm

Question 21

I came, I saw, I conquered

Answer 21

Asyndeton

Question 22

And it flows and boils and roars and hisses

Answer 22

Polysyndeton

Question 23

Omission of words

Answer 23

Ellipsis

Question 24

Inserting extra information

Answer 24

Parenthesis

Question 25

Statement that seems contradictory but isn’t

Answer 25

Paradox

Question 26

Contradictory words that give a deeper meaning

Answer 26

Oxymoron

Question 27

Contrasting

Answer 27

Antithetis

Question 28

Repetition of consonant sounds

Answer 28

Alliteration

Question 29

Repetition of vowel sounds

Answer 29

Assonance

Question 30

Boom, Crack, meow, zipper

Answer 30

Onomatopoeia