Rhetorical & stylistic analysis

1. Name the device that affirms a point by negating its opposite (e.g. “no small achievement” to mean a great achievement): Litotes or Chiasmus?

2. Name the device that uses deliberate, extreme exaggeration for emphasis rather than literal truth (e.g. “I have told you a million times”): Hyperbole or Litotes?

3. Name the device in which a question is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer: Rhetorical question or Euphemism?

4. Name the device that refers to something by a closely associated attribute or institution (e.g. “The Crown” for the monarchy): Metonymy or Hyperbole?

5. Name a statement that appears self-contradictory on the surface yet reveals a deeper truth (e.g. “Less is more”): Paradox or Cliché?

6. Name the use of words whose pronunciation imitates the sound they describe (e.g. “buzz”, “splash”, “crackle”): Onomatopoeia or Litotes?

7. Name the rhetorical appeal that establishes the speaker’s credibility, character and authority: Ethos or Pathos?

8. Name the rhetorical appeal that stirs the audience’s emotions and empathy: Pathos or Ethos?

9. Name the repetition of initial consonant sounds across nearby words (e.g. “wild winds whipped the waves”): Alliteration or Caesura?

10. Name the device in which a part represents the whole (e.g. “all hands on deck” where “hands” means sailors): Synecdoche or Allusion?

11. Name the brief, indirect reference to a well-known historical, cultural or literary work: Allusion or Oxymoron?

12. Name the device that repeats conjunctions between every item in a list for cumulative weight (e.g. “lions and tigers and bears”): Polysyndeton or Asyndeton?