RD Practice

2. repetition of the word from the end of one sentence to the beginning of the next
8. Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect
11. in order to intentionally make a situation seem less important or smaller than it is.
13. Understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary
14. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

1. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by "like" or "as"
3. a rhetorical device used to create a stylized writing effect, in which the second part of a sentence is a mirror image of the first.
4. rhetorical device that compounds words or phrases that have equivalent meanings so as to create a definite pattern.
5. a rhetorical term for explicit references to the various meanings of a word
6. the expression of doubt.
7. Figure of argument in which a wise, witty, or pithy maxim or aphorism is used to sum up the preceding material.
9. Figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by one and the same speaker
10. two nouns with different meanings in a similar position in a sentence
12. a short story, narrative, anecdote, or tale that's used in literature to explain moral reasoning