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Which category of figures of speech involves the repetition of a conjunction before every element in a list?
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?
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?
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'?
Which figure of speech is used in the phrase 'Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'?
What is the term for the figure of speech where two contradictory ideas are placed in the same sentence?
What is the term for the figure of speech where two contradictory ideas are placed in the same sentence?
What is the term for the figure of speech where words are used to convey the opposite of their usual meaning?
What is the term for the figure of speech where words are used to convey the opposite of their usual meaning?
Which scheme involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
Which scheme involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
Which figure of speech is characterized by the repetition of a word or group of words at the end of successive clauses?
Which figure of speech is characterized by the repetition of a word or group of words at the end of successive clauses?
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?
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?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of vowel sounds?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of vowel sounds?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of consonant sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse?
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of consonant sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse?
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