Rhetorical & stylistic analysis

1. Name the rhetorical appeal that persuades through logic, evidence and structured reasoning: Logos or Pathos?

2. Name the device in which a speaker anticipates and answers a potential counter-argument in advance: Prolepsis (anticipation) or Hyperbole?

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

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

5. Name the device that places two contrasting ideas side by side in balanced parallel structure (e.g. “To err is human; to forgive, divine”): Antithesis or Onomatopoeia?

6. Name the device that repeats a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses (e.g. “of the people, by the people, for the people”): Epistrophe or Anaphora?

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

8. Name the device that substitutes a mild or indirect expression for one considered harsh or blunt (e.g. “passed away” for “died”): Euphemism or Paradox?

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

10. Name the device that reverses grammatical structure in successive clauses in an ABBA pattern (e.g. “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”): Chiasmus or Assonance?

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

12. Name the device that combines two contradictory terms into a single compressed phrase (e.g. “deafening silence”): Oxymoron or Synecdoche?