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What is the rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words or syllables?
What is the rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words or syllables?
- Anaphora
- Aposiopesis
- Alliteration (correct)
- Asyndeton
Which rhetorical device involves addressing a person who is not present?
Which rhetorical device involves addressing a person who is not present?
- Hendiadys
- Chiasmus
- Hyperbole
- Apostrophe (correct)
What is the term for the omission of conjunctions in a sentence?
What is the term for the omission of conjunctions in a sentence?
- Asyndeton (correct)
- Hysteron proteron
- Ellipsis
- Litotes
Which rhetorical device involves the inversion of the usual word order?
Which rhetorical device involves the inversion of the usual word order?
What is the term for the use of two nouns together to express a noun modified by an adjective?
What is the term for the use of two nouns together to express a noun modified by an adjective?
Which rhetorical device involves the use of a negative to express a strong positive?
Which rhetorical device involves the use of a negative to express a strong positive?
Which rhetorical device involves the use of words that sound like their meaning?
Which rhetorical device involves the use of words that sound like their meaning?
What is the term for the use of an apparent contradiction?
What is the term for the use of an apparent contradiction?
What rhetorical device involves the substitution of one word for another that it suggests?
What rhetorical device involves the substitution of one word for another that it suggests?
Which device involves the use of superfluous words?
Which device involves the use of superfluous words?
What is the term for the use of part to express a whole?
What is the term for the use of part to express a whole?
Which device involves the separation of a compound word into two parts?
Which device involves the separation of a compound word into two parts?
What is the term for the use of many conjunctions?
What is the term for the use of many conjunctions?
Which rhetorical device involves the use of a comparison using a word like sicut, similis, or velut?
Which rhetorical device involves the use of a comparison using a word like sicut, similis, or velut?
'Aeneas carried grief and his father from Troy' exemplifies which rhetorical device?
'Aeneas carried grief and his father from Troy' exemplifies which rhetorical device?
'The rocks themselves grieve' exemplifies which rhetorical device?
'The rocks themselves grieve' exemplifies which rhetorical device?
