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5 Written Questions

1. Places the main idea at the end of the sentence. It moves from supporting details, expressed in modifying phrases and dependant clauses, to the main idea, which is placed in the independent clause. These tend to be emphatic, and have the effect of making the reader wait for the main idea
2. Exaggeration for emphasis
3. Parts of a sentence expressed using the same syntactical structure to emphasise their equal importance
4. Citing an example; using an illustrative story, either true or fictitious
5. An interrupting phrase that signals importance by placing emphasis on the words that immediately follow

5 Matching Questions

1. Pathos
2. Epistrophe
3. Chiasmus
4. Allusion
5. Amplification

1. a A direct or indirect reference to another text, person or historical event, usually to appeal to the audience's shared knowledge. This technique allows the writer to layer or expand meaning
2. b Twoparallel phrases or clauses in which the word order is reversed in the second phrase
3. c The repetition of the last word or phrase in a series of sentences to create heavy emphasis
4. d Repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it
5. e Appeals to emotion are both powerful and immediate. These are often achieved through personal stories and observatons. Figurative language is often used to heighten the emotional connection readers make to the subject

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Repeating key words, thoughts or phrases
   1. Allusion
   2. Repetition
   3. Enumeration
   4. Cumulation
2. Anticipating an objection and then answering it
   1. Proctalepsis
   2. Parallelism
   3. Metabasis
   4. Antithesis
3. Presents contrasting ideas by joining them together in parallel syntax
   1. Antithesis
   2. Metabasis
   3. Anadiplosis
   4. Litotes
4. Understatement for emphasis
   1. Pathos
   2. Chiasmus
   3. Litotes
   4. Ethos
5. Using the same verb to refer to two nouns or objects. This technique is both economic and shows (or explots) the relationship between ideas and actions more clearly
   1. Zeugma
   2. Ethos
   3. Sententia
   4. Pathos

5 True/False Question

1. Enumeration → Adding words or phrases to another using the same structure to create a building effect
   

   True        False

2. Asyndeton → A direct or indirect reference to another text, person or historical event, usually to appeal to the audience's shared knowledge. This technique allows the writer to layer or expand meaning
   

   True        False

3. Rhetorical questions → Questions posed to which the speaker assumes the audience's agreement with the position of the questioner
   

   True        False

4. Cumulation → Connecting an ordered set of points that are unified by a single purpose
   

   True        False

5. Sententia → A brief statement of what has been said and what will follow
   

   True        False