Unit 7 Devices

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 2

Epistrophe

Answer 2

The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

Question 3

Symploce

Answer 3

Use of anaphora and epistrophe

Question 4

Amplification

Answer 4

Adding more detail to a piece of writing for it to become stronger or emphasized

Question 5

Adnomination

Answer 5

Creates a certain effect by repeating words with the same root word

Question 6

Zeugma

Answer 6

A figure of speech in which a word applies to others in different senes (John and his license expired last week)

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

Repeating words for an effect

Question 8

Assonance

Answer 8

Repetition of vowel sounds in words of close proximity for a musical effect

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

Question 10

Homonym

Answer 10

Words that sound or spelt alike but have different meaning

Question 11

Chiasmus

Answer 11

words or phrases are repeated in reverse order for emphasis

Ex:
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Question 12

Parallelism

Answer 12

Similar grammatical structures for balance

Ex: Easy come, easy go

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

A rhetorical device that contrasts two opposing ideas or concepts in a parallel manner

Ex: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

Question 14

Idiom

Answer 14

A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal interpretation.

Ex: “Break a leg!”

Question 15

Allusion

Answer 15

A brief or indirect reference to a person, place, event, or work of art, which relies on the reader’s familiarity

Question 16

Foreshadowing

Answer 16

A literary device in which the author hints or suggests future events or outcomes in a story

Question 17

Flashback

Answer 17

A device to depict an event or scene that occurred before the current time in the story

Question 18

Apostrophe

Answer 18

Addressing absent or imaginary subjects

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things

Question 20

Metonym

Answer 20

Word for related concept

Question 21

Simile

Answer 21

A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things using “like” or “as” or “than”

Question 22

Synecdoche

Answer 22

Part representing whole or vice versa

Ex: Pizza representing food

Question 23

Symbolism

Answer 23

Using symbols for deeper meaning.

Question 24

Hyperbole

Answer 24

A figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect

Question 25

Oxymoron

Answer 25

Combining contrasting words for effect. Example: "Living dead"

Question 26

Paradox

Answer 26

**Contradictory** yet revealing truth. Ex: Less is more

Question 27

Personification

Answer 27

Giving human traits to non-human things

Question 28

Mood

Answer 28

Emotional tone or atmosphere

Question 29

Tone

Answer 29

Authors attitude or perspective

Question 30

Diction

Answer 30

word-choice

Question 31

Syntax

Answer 31

Word arrangement and structure

Question 32

POV

Answer 32

narrator perspective

Question 33

Plot

Answer 33

Sequence of story events

Question 34

Setting

Answer 34

story’s time, place, and atmosphere

Question 35

Character

Answer 35

Individual in a story

Question 36

Punctuation

Answer 36

marks used in writing for clarity

Question 37

Stanza (form)

Answer 37

Group of lines in a poem

Question 38

Foot

Answer 38

Basic unit of rhythm in poetry (stressed an unstressed syllables)

Question 39

Meter

Answer 39

Rhythmic pattern in poetry (basic plural version of foot)

Question 40

Enjambment

Answer 40

sentence continuance across lines in poetry

Question 41

Caesara

Answer 41

Line pause or break