Tropes and Schemes

Question 1

Paradox

Answer 1

A statement which contains a superficial contradiction and a more subtle truth (trope)

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

A comparison employing “like” or “as” (trope)

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

A direct comparison, as if the compared objects are the same (trope)

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

A comparison attributing a distinctly human behavior to a non-human (trope)

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of words (scheme)

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

The repetition of any consonant sounds of words (scheme)

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

The repetition of any vowel sounds of words (scheme)

Question 8

Oxymoron

Answer 8

The juxtaposition of two seemingly-opposite words (trope)

Question 9

Parallelism

Answer 9

The use of clear parallel structure to have some effect (scheme)

Question 10

Tricolon

Answer 10

The listing of three parallel elements, not necessarily in increasing intensity (scheme)

Question 11

Tetracolon

Answer 11

The listing of four parallel elements (scheme)

Question 12

Isocolon

Answer 12

A repetition of similar grammatical elements in a list (scheme)

Question 13

Rhetorical question

Answer 13

A question posed by the author to engage the audience (trope)

Question 14

Anaphora

Answer 14

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause (scheme)

Question 15

Epistrophe

Answer 15

The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a clause (scheme)

Question 16

Symploce

Answer 16

A combination of anaphora and epistrophe (scheme)

Question 17

Asyndeton

Answer 17

The omission of conjunctions within a list (scheme)

Question 18

Polysyndeton

Answer 18

The use of more than one conjunction within a list (scheme)

Question 19

Antithesis

Answer 19

The position of two opposite elements in parallel structure (scheme)

Question 20

Aposiopesis

Answer 20

A deliberate pause in a sentence, often trailing off with an ellipsis or dash (trope)

Question 21

Onomatopoeia

Answer 21

A use of a word describing a sound that the word sounds like when spoken (trope)

Question 22

Anadiplosis

Answer 22

The repetition of a grammatical element at the ending of a clause at the beginning of the next clause (scheme)

Question 23

Epanalepsis

Answer 23

The repetition of a grammatical element at the beginning of a clause at the ending of the next clause (scheme)

Question 24

Epizeuxis

Answer 24

The repetition of a word several times (scheme)

Question 25

Verbal irony

Answer 25

A statement that contradicts the intended meaning (trope)

Question 26

Chiasmus

Answer 26

Anadiplosis plus epanalepsis (scheme)

Question 27

Metonymy

Answer 27

The use of an associated word instead of a word itself (trope)

Question 28

Synecdoche

Answer 28

The use of a word resembling a part of a word instead of the word itself (trope)

Question 29

Paralipsis

Answer 29

A deliberate passing-over of a subject or topic (trope)

Question 30

Meiosis

Answer 30

An understatement that makes something quite serious much less than it is (trope)

Question 31

Litotes

Answer 31

An understatement with irony in which the affirmative is expressed with the negation of a statement contrary to the affirmative (trope)

Question 32

Anastrophe

Answer 32

A syntactic inversion of the normal order of grammatical elements (scheme)

Question 33

Polyptoton

Answer 33

The repetition of a root word taking the form of multiple different words (trope)

Question 34

Hyperbole

Answer 34

Deliberate exaggeration (trope)

Question 35

Anthimeria

Answer 35

The use of a word as if it had a different part of speech (trope)

Question 36

Periphrasis

Answer 36

The assignment of a title to a proper noun (trope)

Question 37

Ellipsis

Answer 37

The omission of a words or series of words (trope)

Question 38

Climax

Answer 38

The use of a list increasing in intensity or importance (scheme)

Question 39

Anticlimax

Answer 39

The use of the final element of a list to subvert the increasing intensity or importance (scheme)

Question 40

Parenthesis

Answer 40

Insertion of extraneous verbal unit in the middle of a sentence using dashes, parentheses, or commas (scheme)

Question 41

Apposition

Answer 41

The renaming, restating, or clarifying of something with an appositive phrase (scheme)

Question 42

Tmesis

Answer 42

The interjection of a word with another word or phrase (scheme)

Question 43

Auxesis

Answer 43

The offering of a name for something that is quite exaggerated (trope)

Question 44

Apostrophe

Answer 44

The address of something that cannot respond, including items or deities (trope)

Question 45

Prolepsis

Answer 45

The speaking of a future event as if it had happened (trope)

Question 46

Analogy

Answer 46

A comparison involving four parts (A is to B as C is to D) (trope)

Question 47

Conceit

Answer 47

A surprising, controlling extended metaphor with many complexities and intricacies (trope)

Question 48

Paronomasia

Answer 48

A pun involving two words alike in sound, but different in meaning (trope)

Question 49

Antanaclasis

Answer 49

A pun using repetition of the same word in two different (trope)

Question 50

Zeugma/Syllepsis

Answer 50

A pun using two words understood differently in addition to two or more other words (trope)