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What is the name of the literary device where consonants are repeated across stressed syllables?
What is the name of the literary device where consonants are repeated across stressed syllables?
What is an indirect reference to another work of literature or art called?
What is an indirect reference to another work of literature or art called?
Allusion
What is the name of the literary device that involves going into more depth and providing more detail on a topic?
What is the name of the literary device that involves going into more depth and providing more detail on a topic?
Amplification
Which literary device involves repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences?
Which literary device involves repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences?
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An anecdote is a short personal story.
An anecdote is a short personal story.
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Which literary device consists of placing two opposite ideas closely together to emphasize the comparison or contrast?
Which literary device consists of placing two opposite ideas closely together to emphasize the comparison or contrast?
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What is the removal of conjunctions like 'or,' 'and,' or 'but' called?
What is the removal of conjunctions like 'or,' 'and,' or 'but' called?
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What term refers to the emotional implications and associations that a word may carry?
What term refers to the emotional implications and associations that a word may carry?
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Which device is used when words are repeated at the end of successive phrases or sentences?
Which device is used when words are repeated at the end of successive phrases or sentences?
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A Simile is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
A Simile is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
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A Metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
A Metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
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Hyperbole is an exaggeration.
Hyperbole is an exaggeration.
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What is the name of the literary device that consists of extreme understatement?
What is the name of the literary device that consists of extreme understatement?
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Which device attributes human characteristics to something nonhuman?
Which device attributes human characteristics to something nonhuman?
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What literary device uses the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related?
What literary device uses the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related?
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What literary device uses a part to represent a whole or uses a whole to represent a part?
What literary device uses a part to represent a whole or uses a whole to represent a part?
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Which literary device involves posing a rhetorical question and then giving the answer?
Which literary device involves posing a rhetorical question and then giving the answer?
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What do we call the placement of two objects or ideas in opposition to one another?
What do we call the placement of two objects or ideas in opposition to one another?
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What is the general term for the repetition of grammatical structures?
What is the general term for the repetition of grammatical structures?
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What is the addition of extra conjunctions called?
What is the addition of extra conjunctions called?
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What is the act of reiterating the same idea, word, or utterance over and over called?
What is the act of reiterating the same idea, word, or utterance over and over called?
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A Rhetorical question is a question intended to be answered.
A Rhetorical question is a question intended to be answered.
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What is the name of the literary device that uses three ideas listed in a similar syntactical structure?
What is the name of the literary device that uses three ideas listed in a similar syntactical structure?
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Study Notes
Literary Devices and Rhetorical Techniques
- Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of stressed syllables.
- Allusion: Indirect reference to a well-known work, person, or event.
- Amplification: Elaboration or expanding on a point.
- Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
- Anecdote: A short, personal story.
- Antithesis: Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas to create emphasis.
- Asyndeton: Omission of conjunctions to create a more concise and hurried effect.
- Connotation: The emotional or implied meaning of a word beyond its literal meaning.
- Epistrophe: Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
- Simile: A direct comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
- Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
- Hyperbole: Exaggeration for emphasis.
- Meiosis: Understatement for effect.
- Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things.
- Metonymy: Using a related term to refer to another.
- Synecdoche: Using a part to refer to the whole or vice versa.
- Hypophora: Asking a question and then answering it.
- Juxtaposition: Placing two contrasting ideas or concepts together to highlight their differences.
- Parallelism: Repetition of grammatical structures for impact.
- Polysyndeton: Using many conjunctions to create a sense of emphasis or accumulation.
- Repetition: Reiterating words, phrases, or ideas for emphasis.
- Rhetorical Question: A question asked to create an effect rather than to elicit an answer.
- Tricolon: Using three parallel elements for strong impact.
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