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100
The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues
What is ellipis?
100
Alliteration
What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
100
Anastrophe
What is the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses?
100
"Easy come, easy go" is an example of
What is parallelism?
100
"The world, mesmerizing, floated like a light bulb" is an example of
What is ellipsis?
200
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
What is anaphora?
200
Parenthesis
What is a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it?
200
Epistrophe
What is the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences?
200
"Who washed Washington's white woolen underwear when Washington's washer woman went west" is an example of
What is alliteration?
200
"Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you." is an example of
What is chiasmus?
300
Repetition of the final words of a line or sentence at the beginning of the next
What is anadiplosis?
300
Antithesis
What is a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else?
300
Epiplexis
What is a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them?
300
"And so John, along with his money, and clothes, and books, and car, and ipod, left." is an example of
What is polysyndeton?
300
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” is an example of
What is zeugma?
400
A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form
What is chiasmus?
400
Hypophora
What is a figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question.
400
The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
What is asyndeton?
400
"I like what I see, and I see what I like" is an example of
What is antimetabole?
400
"Good we must love, and must hate ill, For ill is ill, and good good still" is an example of
What is isocolon?
500
A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or to two others of which it semantically suits only one
What is zeugma?
500
Isocolon
What is a figure of speech in which parallelism is reinforced by members that are of the same length?
500
A figure of speech where something is asserted by asking it as a question
What is erotema?
500
"And for the sake of the world, the world must move on" is an example of
What is anadiplosis?
500
"When I awoke, she was gone. Her clothers were gone, her books were gone, her car was gone." is an example of
What is epistrophe?