Devices

: What narrative technique uses symbolic characters, events, or figures to represent abstract ideas or moral qualities?

: Allegory

: Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words?

: Alliteration

: What term describes a brief, indirect reference to a well-known person, event, or literary work?

: Allusion

: Which device is used to compare two different things in order to explain or clarify an idea?

: Analogy

: What rhetorical device involves repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

: Anaphora

: Which device creates a sudden shift from a significant idea to a trivial one, often for humorous or ironic effect?

: Anticlimax

: What is the name of the device that juxtaposes two contrasting ideas in a balanced or parallel structure?

: Antithesis

: What do you call a brief, pithy statement that expresses a general truth or observation?

: Aphorism

: Which device involves addressing an absent person, an abstract idea, or an inanimate object as if it were present and capable of understanding?

: Apostrophe

: What rhetorical device places a descriptive phrase next to a noun to further identify or explain it?

: Apposition

: Which device involves the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words to create an internal rhyme?

: Assonance

: What is the term for intentionally omitting conjunctions between parts of a sentence for effect?

: Asyndeton

: Which device features a reversal in the order of words in two parallel phrases to create a contrasting effect?

: Chiasmus

: What term describes the implied, emotional, or cultural meaning associated with a word beyond its literal definition?

: Connotation

: Which type of reasoning moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion?

: Deduction

: What is the term for the literal, dictionary definition of a word?

: Denotation

: Which device is characterized by the deliberate omission of words or a trailing off of thought, often indicated by three dots (…)

: Ellipsis

: Which rhetorical device uses a descriptive phrase to characterize a person or thing?

: Epithet

: Which rhetorical appeal is based on the speaker’s credibility, authority, or character?

: Ethos

: What is the term for substituting a mild or indirect expression for one that is considered harsh or blunt?

: Euphemism

: What is the broad term for non-literal expressions—such as metaphors, similes, and hyperboles—that add emphasis or clarity?

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