1) Using similar grammatical structures in sentences a) Rhetorical Question b) Direct address c) Parallelism 2) When a question is raised and immediately answered a) Metaphor b) Metonymy c) Hypophora 3) Addressing an audience directly a) Anaphora b) Personification c) Irony d) Direct address 4) Describing something by saying that it is something it is not a) Metaphor b) Irony c) Parallelism d) Rule of Three 5) Comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as' a) Irony b) Simile c) Parallelism d) Rhetorical Question 6) When the intended meaning of words is opposite to the literal meaning a) Parallelism b) Simile c) Metaphor d) Irony e) Alliteration 7) Using groups of three words, phrases or ideas a) Rhetorical Question b) Direct address c) Rule of Three d) Simile e) Hyperbole 8) Asking a question for emphasis that requires no answer a) Metaphor b) Metonymy c) Rhetorical Question d) Parallelism e) Simile 9) Using figurative language to attribute human characteristics to non-human entities, animals or objects a) Irony b) Personification c) Metonymy d) Anaphora e) Rhetorical question f) Simile 10) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses/sentences a) Anaphora b) Metonymy c) Metaphor d) Parallelism e) Simile f) Hypophora 11) Substituting the name of one thing with something closely associated with it a) Rhetorical Question b) Personification c) Irony d) Metonymy e) Anaphora f) Metaphor 12) Repetition of initial consonant sounds a) Alliteration b) Hyperbole c) Anaphora d) Direct address e) Hypophora f) Rhetorical question 13) An exaggeration or overstatement a) Anaphora b) Hyperbole c) Alliteration d) Metonymy e) Personification f) Simile 14) Brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea a) Alliteration b) Anaphora c) Metaphor d) Simile e) Allusion f) Irony 15) Contrasting ideas within parallel grammatical structures a) Anaphora b) Antithesis c) Simile d) Hyperbole e) Irony f) Oxymoron 16) Placing two or more ideas, characters, or settings side by side for contrast a) Zeugma b) Pun c) Juxtaposition d) Aphorism e) Synecdoche f) Onomatopoeia 17) Overused phrase or idea a) Anadiplosis b) Hypophora c) Cliché d) Oxymoron e) Polyptoton f) Assonance 18) Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words a) Anaphora b) Juxtaposition c) Antimetabole d) Cacophony e) Assonance f) Metaphor 19) Substitution of a mild or less direct expression for a harsh or blunt one a) Enthymeme b) Antiphrasis c) Hypotaxis d) Paraprosdokian e) Onomatopoeia f) Euphemism 20) A seemingly contradictory statement that may reveal a deeper truth a) Allusion b) Paradox c) Euphemism d) Enjambment e) Parallelism f) Rule of Three 21) A play on words with a humorous effect a) Hendiadys b) Enthymeme c) Parallelism d) Hypotaxis e) Pun f) Simile 22) Making something sound less important than it really is a) Juxtaposition b) Hyperbole c) Irony d) Asyndeton e) Euphemism f) Understatement 23) Using pictures/iconography to represent ideas or qualities a) Apophasis b) Diacope c) Symbolism d) Alliteration e) Metaphor f) Simile 24) Words that sound like the noise they describe a) Hendiadys b) Enthymeme c) Antiphrasis d) Hypotaxis e) Paraprosdokian f) Onomatopoeia 25) Repeating consonant sounds within nearby words a) Assonance b) Simile c) Consonance d) Antistasis e) Isocolon f) Metaplasmus

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