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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

11. 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?

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