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Alliteration
What is alliteration 1,
Give an example of shakespeare us...,
Which rhetorical technique is use...
12
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Polyptoton
What is polyptoton 1,
Give an example of polyptoton in ...,
Which rhetorical technique is use...
15
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Merism
What is merism 1,
Give an example of merism in ever...,
Which rhetorical technique is in ...
12
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Blazon
What is a blazon in rhetoric 1,
Give an example of blazon from th...,
Give an example of blazon from th...
11
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Synaesthesia
What is synaesthesia as a rhetori...,
In the quote she smelled the way ...,
Which two senses are most often d...
9
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Aposiopesis
What is the definition of aposiop...,
What is the literal meaning of th...,
In english what punctuation is us...
4
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Hyperbaton
What is hyperbaton 1,
What is ablaut reduplication 2,
Why is the phrase green great dra...
7
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Anadiplosis
What is the main function of anad...,
How can anadiplosis make a statem...,
How does anadiplosis add to the a...
4
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Periodic Sentences
What is a periodic sentence 1,
What is the purpose of a periodic...,
How is rudyard kipling s poem if ...
5
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Hypotaxis and Parataxis (and Polysyndeton and Asyndeton)
What is parataxis 1,
What is the opposite of parataxis 2,
True or false the use of hypotaxi...
12
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Diacope
What is diacope 1,
What is a famous example of diaco...,
What famous line often misattribu...
7
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Hendiadys
What is the core principle of hen...,
Which of these is an example of a...,
What is the literal meaning of th...
4
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Epistrophe
What is epistrophe 1,
What is the opposite of epistrophe 2,
Which of these is an example of e...
4
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Tricolon
What is the definition of a trico...,
True or false the tricolon mad ba...,
What is the difference between a ...
4
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Epizeuxis
What is epizeuxis 1,
Epizeuxis is the immediate repeti...,
How does epizeuxis differ from ot...
3
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Syllepsis
What is syllepsis 1,
Syllepsis is often used to create...
2
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Isocolon
What is isocolon 1,
What is the literal meaning of th...,
How does isocolon help create a s...
4
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Zeugma
What is zeugma 1,
Why doesn t zeugma work very well...,
What is the difference between pr...
5
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Chiasmus
What is chiasmus 1,
What is a famous political exampl...,
True or false the text states tha...
4
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Catachresis
What is catachresis 1,
What is the famous example of cat...,
Why is i will speak daggers consi...
5
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Litotes
What is litotes 1,
What is the main difference betwe...
2
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Metonymy and Synecdoche
What is metonymy 1,
What is synecdoche 2,
True or false the text suggests t...
4
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Transferred Epithets
What is a transferred epithet 1,
True or false a transferred epith...,
How is a transferred epithet diff...
3
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Pleonasm
What is pleonasm 1,
Why are lazy pleonasms like free ...,
How does pleonasm differ from tau...
4
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Epanalepsis
What is epanalepsis 1,
What effect does epanalepsis have...,
How does epanalepsis differ from ...
3
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Adynaton
What is adynaton 1,
What is the literal meaning of th...,
How is the use of adynaton in lit...
5
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Prolepsis
What is prolepsis 1,
How does prolepsis differ from an...,
How does prolepsis relate to the ...
3
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Anaphora
What is anaphora 1,
What is a key effect of anaphora 2,
What is the main difference betwe...
3
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Accismus
What is accismus 1,
True or false accismus is a form ...,
How does accismus differ from sim...
4
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Antanaclasis
What is antanaclasis 1,
True or false all puns are a form...,
How is antanaclasis different fro...
4
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Anthimeria
What is anthimeria 1,
True or false anthimeria is the s...,
How is anthimeria different from ...
4
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