Rhetorical Devices
Commonly Confused Words
Cliches & Idioms
100
Derived from a Greek word which means “turning about”
What is Antimetabole
100
These two homophones have the same part of speech.
What is discreet and discrete
100
a glance made with partially lowered eyelashes. usually indicates suspicion or hostility but may signal other emotions too
What is hairy eyeball
200
Inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect.
What is Anastrophe
200
To declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence
What is assure?
200
someone who could use a smile probably has a feeling of this
What is doom and gloom
300
Repeating the initial word or words of a sentence or clause at the end of that same sentence or clause.
What is Epanalepsis
300
Are you _______ that I am wrong? Which word goes into the blank: inferring or implying
What is inferring?
300
same song and dance
What is the cliche for nothing has changed, same boring things
400
What is this an example of "Ready are you? What you know of ready?"
What is Anastrophe
400
To secure or guarantee.
What is ensure?
400
"She was telling me about a boy looking at her and she said, 'he gave me this'"
What is hairy eyeball
500
what is this an example of "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
What is Antimetabole
500
To express something in an indirect way.
What is imply?
500
a feeling of pessimism and despondency
What is doom and gloom
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