Rhetorical & stylistic analysis

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

2. 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?

3. Name the device that omits conjunctions between series items to accelerate rhythm (e.g. “reduce, reuse, recycle”): Asyndeton or Polysyndeton?

4. Name the rhetorical device that repeats a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses (e.g. “We shall study, we shall question, we shall grow”): Anaphora or Hyperbole?

5. 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?

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

7. Name the device consisting of three parallel words, phrases or clauses in succession (e.g. “I came, I saw, I conquered”): Tricolon or Metonymy?

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

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

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

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

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