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Figure of Speech - Quiz #2 Online Dictionary!
1. __?__ is a rhetorical device where a word or a phrase in one clause or phrase is repeated in the opposite order in the next clause or phrase.
2. __?__ is the repetition of a word or phrase, but in no particular position as long as there are words between the repetitions.
3. __?___ is another term for understatement, where someone represents something as less than it is for a rhetorical effect, often used ironically.
4. A __?__ is a comparison between two different things, designed to create an unusual, interesting, emotional or other effect often using words such as 'like' or 'as ... as'.
5. An __?__ is a remark or sentence, often a definition, that conveys the truth about something in a concise and witty way.
6. A __?__ is a word or phrase that describes one thing being used to describe another.
7. ___?___ : a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct with only one.
8. __?___ is the use of unnecessary words or phrases that express something already said in the utterance or sentence.
9. __?__ is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and end of a phrase, clause or sentence.
10. __?__ is when words are repeated that are not identical but are derived from the same root.