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Figure of Speech - Quiz #4 Online Dictionary!
1. __?___ is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.
2. __?__ is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.
3. __?__ is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is.
4. A __?__ is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as".
5. __?__ is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.
6. ___?___ is an unnecessary or unessential repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing.
7. A rhetorical term for repetition of words derived from the same root but with different endings.
8. __?___ is a rhetorical device used to convey a meaning sharply different from or even opposite of the literal text.
9. A rhetorical term for the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct with only one.
10. __?__ is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed grammatical order.