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Which figure of speech involves raising questions and then immediately answering them?
Which figure of speech involves raising questions and then immediately answering them?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same words at the end of successive phrases?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same words at the end of successive phrases?
Which figure of speech involves arranging words or sentences in increasing importance?
Which figure of speech involves arranging words or sentences in increasing importance?
Which figure of speech involves the deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
Which figure of speech involves the deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
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Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same words at the beginning of successive phrases?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same words at the beginning of successive phrases?
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Which figure of speech involves reverse parallelism where the second part mirrors the first in reverse order?
Which figure of speech involves reverse parallelism where the second part mirrors the first in reverse order?
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What figure of speech is used in the sentence 'He's like a bear in the morning if he hasn't gotten enough sleep.'?
What figure of speech is used in the sentence 'He's like a bear in the morning if he hasn't gotten enough sleep.'?
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Which figure of speech is demonstrated in the phrase 'The ship began to creak and protest.'?
Which figure of speech is demonstrated in the phrase 'The ship began to creak and protest.'?
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What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'The body is a unit, though made up of many parts, like Christ and the church.'?
What is the figure of speech used in the sentence 'The body is a unit, though made up of many parts, like Christ and the church.'?
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What is the figure of speech in the phrase 'Canada, the country of cold rocks'?
What is the figure of speech in the phrase 'Canada, the country of cold rocks'?
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What is the figure of speech in the phrase 'My bounty is as boundless as the sea.'?
What is the figure of speech in the phrase 'My bounty is as boundless as the sea.'?
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Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'If you take his parking place, you can expect World War II all over again.'?
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'If you take his parking place, you can expect World War II all over again.'?
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'Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.'' What figure of speech is used in this statement?
'Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.'' What figure of speech is used in this statement?
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'He showed a rather simple taste, a taste for good art, good food, and good friends.' Which figure of speech is used in this sentence?
'He showed a rather simple taste, a taste for good art, good food, and good friends.' Which figure of speech is used in this sentence?
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'What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.' This statement is an example of which figure of speech?
'What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.' This statement is an example of which figure of speech?
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In the phrase 'Laughing at him from the shadows stood the actor's worst nightmare.', what type of language device is being used?
In the phrase 'Laughing at him from the shadows stood the actor's worst nightmare.', what type of language device is being used?
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Study Notes
Rhetorical Devices
- Rhetorical questions: a figure of speech that involves raising questions and then immediately answering them
- Epistrophe: a figure of speech that involves the repetition of the same words at the end of successive phrases
- Climax: a figure of speech that involves arranging words or sentences in increasing importance
- Hyperbole: a figure of speech that involves the deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect
- Anaphora: a figure of speech that involves the repetition of the same words at the beginning of successive phrases
- Chiasmus: a figure of speech that involves reverse parallelism where the second part mirrors the first in reverse order
Figurative Language
- Simile: used in the sentence 'He's like a bear in the morning if he hasn't gotten enough sleep.' (comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as')
- Personification: demonstrated in the phrase 'The ship began to creak and protest.' (giving human-like qualities to non-human entities)
- Analogy: used in the sentence 'The body is a unit, though made up of many parts, like Christ and the church.' (comparing two unlike things to highlight their similarities)
- Appositive: used in the phrase 'Canada, the country of cold rocks' (a phrase that renames or explains a noun)
- Metaphor: used in the phrase 'My bounty is as boundless as the sea.' (comparing two unlike things without 'like' or 'as')
- Hyperbole: used in the sentence 'If you take his parking place, you can expect World War II all over again.' (exaggerating for emphasis or effect)
- Metaphor: used in the statement 'Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life.' (comparing two unlike things without 'like' or 'as')
- Enumeratio: used in the sentence 'He showed a rather simple taste, a taste for good art, good food, and good friends.' (listing items to make a point or create an effect)
- Irony: used in the statement 'What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.' (expressing a meaning that is opposite of what is explicitly stated)
- Personification: used in the phrase 'Laughing at him from the shadows stood the actor's worst nightmare.' (giving human-like qualities to non-human entities)
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Test your knowledge of rhetorical devices and figures of speech with this quiz. Identify and understand examples of expletive, understatement, hyperbole, and parallelism in sentences.
