Rhetorical & stylistic analysis

1. Name the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby non-rhyming words (e.g. “the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain”): Assonance or Oxymoron?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

11. 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?

12. Name the device that places two contrasting scenes, images or concepts close together for comparison: Juxtaposition or Apostrophe?