Rhetorical & stylistic analysis

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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