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Unlock the Power of Words
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Unlock the Power of Words

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Which category of figures of speech involves the repetition of a conjunction before every element in a list?

  • Addition (correct)
  • Permutation
  • Omission
  • Transposition
  • What is the purpose of a figure of speech?

  • To lead the mind to compare two things
  • To confuse the reader
  • To emphasize the danger and number of animals
  • To deviate from ordinary language use (correct)
  • Which figure of speech involves describing one thing as something that it clearly is not?

  • Addition
  • Omission
  • Metaphor (correct)
  • Transposition
  • Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'?

    <p>Alliteration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the figure of speech where two contradictory ideas are placed in the same sentence?

    <p>Oxymoron</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the figure of speech where words are used to convey the opposite of their usual meaning?

    <p>Irony</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which scheme involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?

    <p>Anaphora</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which figure of speech is characterized by the repetition of a word or group of words at the end of successive clauses?

    <p>Epistrophe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which figure of speech involves the use of two nouns to express an idea when it would normally consist of an adjective and a noun?

    <p>Hendiadys</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which figure of speech involves the repetition of vowel sounds?

    <p>Assonance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which figure of speech involves the repetition of consonant sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse?

    <p>Consonance</p> Signup and view all the answers

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