Question

Match each rhetorical device with its definition.


Match Term Definition
Antithesis A) The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences
Irony B) A statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer
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 or makes sense with only one

Answer 1

Here are the matches for each rhetorical device with its definition:

- Antithesis: A) 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: B) 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 or makes sense with only one