A Rhetorical Devices Practice

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to an inanimate object.

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What is a rhetorical question?

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A question someone asks without expecting an answer.

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What is amplification in rhetoric?

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Repeating a word or expression to add more detail and call attention to an idea.

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What is an appositive?

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A noun or word followed by another noun or phrase that renames or identifies it.

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What is anaphora?

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases.

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What is epistrophe?

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or phrases.

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What is parallelism?

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The use of similar structures in two or more clauses.

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What is antithesis?

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A rhetorical device that contrasts opposing ideas in a balanced way.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.