English rhetorical devices quiz

allusion

a reference to a famous text or event for the purpose of invoking connotation

anaphora

repetition of word(s) at beginning of successive phrases/clauses/words

anadiplosis

repetition of the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next clause

anastrophe

change of word order to emphasize

antithesis

opposite of something used to strengthen an idea

apostrophe

addresses a person who is not present

asyndeton

intentional omission of conjunctions, usually join words or clauses

cacophony

harsh, discordant sounds created by repetition and combine consonants w/ group of words

chiasmus

words, clauses, sentences repeated in reverse order

epistrophe

repetition of word(s) at the end of consecutive phrases of sentences

ethos

rhetorical appeal to authority

hyperbole

extreme exaggeration

juxtaposition

2 ideas set in contrast of each other

litotes

understatement to affirm the opposite inverse of hyperbole

logos

rhetorical appeal to logic

metonymy

an associated word takes place of the thing itself

parallelism

one or more sentences contain two or more elements of same grammatical structure

parenthesis

word/phrase/clause inserted in a sentences as an explanation

pathos

rhetorical appeal to emotion

periphrasis

a round about way of stating something

polysndeton

intentional addition of conjunctions to join words/clauses

synecdoche

a part stands in for the whole

syllogism

type of deductive reasoning for two ideas are used to equal a conclusion

zeugma

1 verb/preposition joins 2 objects in the same phrase