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A question is asked in order to make a point, rather than elicit an answer.
What is rhetorical question
100
Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
What is invective
100
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration
100
Intentional omission of a word/sentence/section from a text without altering original meaning
What is ellipsis
100
Matching grammatical structures in sentences
What is parallelism
200
Appeals to more than one sense like hearing, seeing, smelling, etc. at a given time.
What is synesthesia
200
Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, etc.
What is epistrophe
200
Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, etc.
What is anaphora
200
Form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two premises
What is syllogism
200
The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence
What is asyndeton
300
The practice of making fun of a human weakness or character flaw to effect a change
What is satire
300
Literary technique in which conjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession
What is polysyndeton
300
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
What is oxymoron
300
Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that when investigated may prove to be true.
What is paradox
300
Calls something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
What is Allusion
400
The substitution of mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive.
What is euphemism
400
Literary device in which a part of something represents the whole
What is synecdoche
400
When one thing--an object or place--is used to represent a larger or more abstract concept
What is Metonymy
400
A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers it
What is hypophora
400
A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise or witty matter.
What is aphorism
500
Repetition: A word starts a second clause with the same word that ended a previous clause
What is anadiplosis
500
A type of verbal play in which one word is used in two contrasting senses
What is antanaclasis
500
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and end of a sentence
What is epanalepsis
500
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables
What is assonance
500
The position of which something or someone is observed
What is point of view