Baltz - Figures, Schemes, and Tropes quiz

Accismus

pretending to be coy or humble. Ex: oh, you shouldn’t have

Periphrasis / Circumlocution

Speak around something, Ex: “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”

Anaphora

Repeating the first word, Ex: “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light” , “And God saw the light, that it was good … ”

Diazeugma

The play-by-play. Ex: The Romans destroyed mumantia, obliterated Corinth, overthrew Fregure

Idiom

It’s raining cats and dogs, a dime a dozen, break a leg.

Hypophora

Asking a question and not expecting an answer, but answering the question after it was asked

Metaphor

Compare two things without using like or as

Synecdoche

When a part represents a whole. Ex: All hands on deck, Lend me your ears

Irony

a statement or situation contrasts with what is expected or known.

Metonymy

Calling one group or person something based on something that describes them. Ex: calling royalty the crown

Chiasmus

Mirror effect, Ex: ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country

Dialysis

Choice presented, Ex: either for or against

Antithesis

Two contracting ideas with equal weight

Litotes

Down playing something to make you think about it

Anadiplosis

Using the last clause as the beginning of a new clause, Ex: For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost.

Anthimeria

Creating a word out of another word to fit a sentence or topic at hand. Ex: PowerPointism

Parlcon

Using words as a filler, Ex: using “well” at the beginning of a sentence, using “like” or “um"

Asyndeton

Eliminates the conjunctions between phrases for poetic or emotional effect.

Metallage

Takes a word or phrase and uses it as an object within a sentence. Ex: I’ve heard enough nos for today.

Schemes / Figures

Everything that isn’t a trope

Dialogismus

Or Dialogue, Ex: And they’re all like, “Get out!” and we’re all like, “Make me!”

Figures of speech

Change ordinary language through repetition, substitution, sound, and word-play.

Figures of Thought

Are logical or emotional tactics

Trope

Swap one image or concept for another, Ex: Metaphor, Synecdoche, Metonymy