Stats : rhetorical and stylistic devices + topos

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Réponse	Hint	% Correct
Anaphora	X...….. X...…..	75%
Metaphor	Implied comparison between two things	75%
Archaism	An old-fashioned word or phrase	50%
hyperbole	A deliberate exaggeration	50%
innuendo	An insinuation that can be disparaging or sexual / when you say something which is polite and innocent on the surface, but indirectly hints at an insult or rude comment, a dirty joke, or even social or political criticism ex: I’ve found a way to get some “extra help” on the test / Mark’s been spending a lot of time with Allison, if you know what I mean.	50%
Metonymy	Replacing an object or notion by related object or notion (relation of cause and effect or contiguity)	50%
Simile	Using conjunctions such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things.	50%
Allegory	It is a story, image, or description in which characters, events, or objects represent abstract ideas, moral concepts, or political/social messages. It is a sustained metapho / It is a story within a story	25%
Anacoluthon	An anacoluthon is a break in the grammatical structure of a sentence. The sentence begins in one syntactic pattern and unexpectedly shifts to another, creating a rupture in logical or grammatical continuity.Ex: The man who came yesterday… well, I don’t trust him / Victor Hugo (Les Misérables): Moi, si j’étais riche… ah ! comme j’aimerais aider les autres !	25%
Anadiplosis	...…..X X...…..	25%
Analepsis	Flashback	25%
Antiphrasis / irony	Saying the contrary of what you mean	25%
Apostrophe	Addressing a specific person or object	25%
Assonance	Repetition of the same vowel sound (ex: "From the molten-golden notes")	25%
Asyndeton	Using words, clauses or sentences without conjunctions -> absence of conjonctions	25%
Bildungsroman	Also known as a “coming-of-age story”, a tale in which the main character transforms from child to adult	25%
chiasmus	Reverse parallelism : a grammatical construction where the second ppart is the mirror inversion of the first part (ABBA) ex:Don’t sweat the petty things, and don’t pet the sweaty	25%
Deus ex machina	Latin for “a god from the machine.” It’s when some new character, force, or event suddenly shows up to solve a seemingly hopeless situation	25%
Diacope	X...,X...,X...	25%
Doppelganger	comes from a German word meaning “double-walker.” It’s a twin or double of some character, usually in the form of an evil twin	25%
Ekphrasis	Describing a work of art very vividly	25%
Epizeuxis	X,X,X	25%
euphemism	Downplaying something, presenting it as less significant than it is (ex: We have to let you go, Tyler. --> To “let someone go” is to fire someone)	25%
Extended metaphor	When a metaphor is continued for some time in a written work	25%
Gradation	Enumeration folowing a particular order --> increasing or decreasing	25%
hypallage	A word - usually an epithet is associated with a different noum that you would expect (ex: the solitary quilt)	25%
Hypotyposis	A hypotyposis is a vivid, detailed, and often dramatic description that makes a scene, action, or object feel as if it is present before the reader’s eyes. Its goal is to produce a strong visual impression ->like turning language into a paintingThe storm was violent = The sky split open with blinding flashes, and waves like black mountains hurled themselves against the cliffs, shaking the earth beneath our feet	25%
Litotes	Claiming something by denying the opposite (ex: He told me "not bad", but he meant "good")	25%
Neologism	Invented words	25%
Oxymoron	Juxtaposition of two contradictory terms (ex: black sun)	25%
parallelism	Sentence construction wich places equal grammatical constructions near other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns (ex: That’s one step for man, one giant leap for mankind)	25%
Periphrasis	Indirect, circulocutory speech or writing (ex: the elongated yellow fruit)	25%
Polyptoton	Using words with the same roots (ex: strong, strength)	25%
Prolepsis	Flash forward	25%
Stichomythia	Sharp dialogue with quick, parallel answers / Stichomythia is particularly well suited to sections of dramatic dialogue where two characters are in violent dispute. The rhythmic intensity of the alternating lines combined with quick, biting ripostes in the dialogue can be quite powerful	25%
Thesis	the sentence that introduces the main argument or point of view of a composition (formal essay, nonfiction piece, or narrative)	25%
Accumulation	List of various elements closely put together (ex: This landscape was chaos: rocks, dust, broken branches, shadows)	0%
Alliteration	Repetition of the same consonants (ex: "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore")	0%
Alter Ego	a secondary self / almost always a second identity or life that is being hidden from a person or character’s friends, family, and others around them	0%
Antanaclasis	Repetition of same words, each time with a different meaning (ex: Put out the ligtht, and then put out the ligth)	0%
Antithesis	Putting contrasting words, clauses or ideas together	0%
Antomasia	Using a common noum or periphrasis instead of a proper name, or the opposite (ex: the city that never sleeps / “The Boy Who Lived” for Harry Potter.)	0%
Apologue	a short story or fable which provides a simple moral lesson / "une petite histoire divertissante avec une portée morale"	0%
Aporia	Stating an irresolvable contradiction or logical disjunction in a text or an argument / which a speaker expresses doubt, real or feigned, about what to think, what to say, or how to proceed. The doubt may be genuine (philosophical) or strategic (rhetorical)(ex: I do not know whether to admire her courage or fear her recklessness)	0%
Aposiopesis	Suddenly interrupting a sentence, leaving it incomplete (ex: I’m so angry, I could– I could–!)	0%
Burlesque	a style in literature and drama that mocks or imitates a subject by representing it in an ironic or ludicrous way; resulting in comedy. It is a form of the literary genre, satire.	0%
Conceit	A far-fetched controlling / fundamental based on wit	0%
double entendre	Risqué, possibly bawdy meaning (ex: he is really good with his hand)	0%
Ellipsis	Elision of something you would expect (ex: He ordered the steak; she, the salad. / I came, I saw, I conquered.	0%
Epanalepsis	X...…..X	0%
Epanorthosis	Coming back on what one just said to correct yourself or add emphasis (ex: a hundred, no, a thousand!)	0%
Epistrophe	...…..X ...…..X	0%
Existential sentence	Following the format there + be/ exist... + topical subject	0%
Homeoptoton	Using the same grammatical ending, rhyme in prose (ex: she cried and died)	0%
hyperbaton	Change in the expected word order / the typical, natural order of words is changed as certain words are moved out of order (ex: Tender is the night / Sweet, she was. / He was as he was strange, insane, confusing and complained! Piece of what an interesting fellow I met and said hello.)	0%
Hypophora	When a speaker asks a question and immediately answers it.	0%
Isocolon	Succession of phrases or clauses of equal length ans structure (ex: I came, I saw, I laughed)	0%
Non sequitur	A logical inconsistency where a conclusion does not logically follow from the premises or preceding statements (ex:She has a nice smile, so she must be good at math)	0%
Paronomase	Use of different words that sound similar (ex:In the silence of the night, the knight awaited dawn)	0%
Personification	Attributing animate qualities to concepts and objects (ex: The tired old car coughed and weezed and crawled down the street.)	0%
Polysyndeton	Repetition of conjunctions, introducing coordinate clauses or phrases (ex: I walked the dog, and fed the cat, and milked the cows)	0%
Preterition	Speakingof something while saying won't talk about it (ex: I won’t even mention his constant lateness and his messy work…)	0%
Prosopopoeia	Giving speech to a dead person, an animal, a tree, an object	0%
Quaesitio	A series of questions	0%
Syllepsis or Zeugma	One word used once but applied to two or more parts of the sentence, while changing meaning or functioning grammatically differently for eachEx: He stole my heart and my wallet. -> The verb “stole” is used literally for wallet, metaphorically for heart	0%
Synecdoche	A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa	0%
Synesthesia	When various sensory impressions mix and merge --> smelling colors, seeing sounds (ex: Her voice was as smooth as pudding. / The scent of smoke burned my skin.)	0%
Turning Point	Or climax is the point of highest tension in a narrative; it’s the most exciting and revealing part of a story. It leads the rising action into the falling action before a story is resolved and reaches the conclusion.	0%

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