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Descriptions
Descriptions
Purpose
Examples
100
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
What is Parallelism?
100
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause, often used to highlight a cause-effect relationship.
What is Anadiplosis?
100
Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order.
What is Antimetabole?
100
To demonstrate authority!
What is the purpose of Hypophora?
100
Having control of what people see leads to control of what people think, control of what people think leads to control of what people do, control of what people do leads to control of what people buy, control of what people buy leads to control of the market, control of the market means infinite profits, infinite profits make me a happy man.
What is Anadiplosis?
200
Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure.
What is Antithesis?
200
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses.
What is Epistrophe?
200
Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses.
What is Chiasmus?
200
TO produce a strong emotional effect through the use of rhythmic repetition.
What is the purpose of Anaphora?
200
Benjamin Franklin states in "Poor RIchard" that you should work hard, not procrastinate, and spend your time wisely.
What is Zuegma?
300
More than one item in a sentence is governed by a single word, usually a verb.
What is Zeugma?
300
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses.
What is Anaphora?
300
Asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely.
What is Erotema?
300
To assert or deny something obliquely.
What is the purpose of Erotema?
300
But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
What is Anaphora?
400
Inversion of the natural or usual order.
What is Anastrophe?
400
Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses.
What is Asyndeton?
400
Deliberate use of conjunctions.
What is polysyndeton?
400
To produce hurried rhythm in a sentence.
What is the purpose of Asyndeton?
400
Regularly Riding Rhetorical Rhinoceroses Rapidly
What is Alliteration
500
Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence.
What is Parenthesis?
500
Deliberate omission of a word or of words that are readily implied by the context.
What is Ellipsis?
500
Asking a question in order to reproach or upbraid, rather than to elicit information.
What is Epiplexis?
500
Bonus Question (If you answer correctly consider your entire score doubled): The main demographic that Diet Coke appeals to.
Who are Teachers?
500
What is the purpose of hypophora? To demonstrate authority!
What is Hypophora?