Rhetorical Device 1
What figure of speech substitutes one word or phrase for another with which it is closely associated?
Metonymy
What Rhetorical Device uses one part of an object represent the whole?
Synecdoche
Which Rhetorical Device is a repetition of grammatical structure?
Parallelism
Repetition of sound at the beginning of words is which Rhetorical Device?
Alliteration
Which Rhetorical Device repeats a word or phrase in the beginning of two or more clauses in a row?
Anaphora
"I washed the clothes; I washed the dishes; I washed the car" is an example of what Rhetorical Device?
Anaphora
What Rhetorical Device combines 2 contrasting words to form a new idea?
Oxymoron
Repeptition of vowel sounds is which Rhetorical Device?
Assonance
"Jumbo Shrimp" is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Oxymoron
Which rhetorical device combines 2 senses?
Synesthesia
What rhetorical device involves speaking to someone not present, not alive, or inanimate as though they are present?
Apostrophe
What Rhetorical Device includes repetition at the end of lines near one another?
Epistrophe
"Big fish. Medium fish. Small fish." is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Epistrophe
"Nice Wheels" is an example of what Rhetorical Device?
Synecdoche
The use of animals to represents forms of dictatorship in Animal Farm is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Allegory
Saying, "We are going to have to let you go" instead of "You're fired" is an example of what Rhetorical Device?
euphemism
"That's Life" is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Aphorism
Language which is overly precise or overly technical is which Rhetorical Device?
Pedantic
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country, " is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Antimetabole
What Rhetorical Devices uses the repetition of certain words or clauses in reverse order?
Antimetabole
Which Rhetorical Device uses an associated word to represent the entire word?
Metonymy
"All mammals are animals. All elephants are mammals. Therefore, all elephants are animals " is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Syllogism
"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee " is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Euphony
"Potatoes I like" is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
Anastrophe
"Sad Rom-Coms are my Kryptonite" is an example of what Rhetorical Device?
Allusion