What is repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order?
100
Anaphora
What is "Why is she so pretty? Why is her hair so long? Why is her mouth so petite?"
100
Zeugma
What is more than one item in a sentence is governed by a single world, usually a verb.
100
Antithesis
What is used to compare contrasting ideas? (Often in parallel structure)
100
Hypophora
What is asking a question and immediately answering it in order to demonstrate authority?
200
Parenthesis
What is insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence?
200
Anadiplosis
What is "Hard work and sweat is rewarded with winning, winning provides trophies, trophies make coaches happy, happy coaches make hark word and sweat fun."?
200
Anastrophe
What is inversion of the natural or usual word order?
200
Asydeton
What is used to create a hurried rhythm in the sentence?
200
Epiplexis
What is asking a question in order to reproach or upbraid, rather than to elicit information?
300
Epistrophe
What is repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses?
300
Ellipsis
What is deliberate omission of a word or of words that are really implied by the context?
300
Epistrophe
What is used to secure a special emphasis, both by repeating the word and by putting the word in the final position in the sentence?
300
Polysyndeton
What is deliberate use of conjunctions?
400
Chiasmus
What is reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses?
400
Anaphora
What is repetition of initial or medial consonants or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables, especially stressed syllables?
500
Erotema
What is asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely?
500
Asyndeton
What is deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses?