Antithesis: B) The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences
Irony: C) The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
Rhetorical question: A) A statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer.
Zeugma: D) The use of a word to modify two or more words usually in a way that applies to each in a different sense with only one
Match each rhetorical device with its definition
Term: Definition:
Antithesis A) A statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer.
Irony B) The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences
Rhetorical question C) The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
Zeugma D) The use of a word to modify two or more words usually in a way that applies to each in a different sense with only one
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