Something stronger than her conscious will, stronger than her agony, stronger than her hate, held her motionless. Parallel constructions employed by the author show:

It was said that the book should be shut with a spring. It was said that the water should be locked in an eternal frost. The device is…

What does the traditional classification of rhetorical figures rely on?

What are the more widely recognized figures of speech?

What is the most obvious purpose of oratory?

A man, waiting at the corner, with the hope inspired by the letter, the letter that came that morning. The repetition used is:

It was like a nightmare, the dark glimmering room, with its dust and cobwebs, the sinister old man before the blue flames of the pine knots, the slanting rain over the box-bush, the pottering sound on the roof, and the thunder bolts which crashed nearby and died away in the distance. The convergence of stylistic devices used by the author predicts:

They were sensitive lips, sensuous and sweet. The device is a convergence of:

A formula to which June was not unaccustomed. The device is:

Restitution of conjugal right, legal separation, bringing a suit for divorce are …terms.

What SD is based on repeating words, phrases or sentences for some stylistic purposes?

What type of repetition is it if the beginning of some successive sentences (clauses) is repeated?

What type of repetition is it if the end of successive sentences (clauses) is repeated?

The repetition of conjunctions is used in:

Polysyndeton is a stylistic device of connecting sentences or phrases or syntagms or words …

A stylistic device in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses is called…

Asyndeton is a SD in which the connection between parts of a sentence or between sentences is used

"HELP. HELP" The device is…

…And you know what business we've been doing lately? Awful! A ghastly show!" The exclamatory sentences used in the personage's speech show his:

You could hear a final clatter of typewriters, a banging of doors, the hooting of horning cars, the sound of footsteps hurrying up the street. The onomatopoeic words used in the sentence create:

The crown announced the new policy. The SD used in the sentence is:

Time is a thief stealing moments from under our noses. The SD used in the sentence is:

He lost his wallet and his temper. The SD used in the sentence is:

He was that I'm - a -friend - of - the - boss type. The SD used in the sentence is:

My sister and I had a friendly fight. The SD used in the sentence is:

You are responsible, very responsible, like an adult. The SD used in the sentence is:

It is a figure of speech that creates the heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration. Name the device:

This is a syntactic figure of speech in which each next word combination (clause, sentence) is logically more important or emotionally stronger and more explicit. Name the device:

It is a literary device that is formed by repeating words at the beginnings of consecutive or neighboring lines.

The device that is used in the sentence "His voice was a dagger of corroded brass." is:

The device in the sentence "She saw around her, clustered about the white tables, multitudes of violently red lips, powdered cheeks, cold, hard eyes, self-possessed arrogant faces, and insolent bosoms." is:

"He acknowledged an early-afternoon customer with a-be-with-you-in-a-minute nod." The device is:

"Someone at the door," he said blinking. "Some four, I should say by the sound," said Fili. The device you can see in the sentence is:

Antithesis is:

Obviously - this is a streptococcal infection - obviously. The repetition used in the fragment is:

Chiasmus is:

"She was Lilian Matfield, Lilian Matfield, the same that had gone playing and laughing and singing and looking forward to everything only a few years ago." The repetition employed by the author of the words in bold is:

You are a beautiful shell, like something washed up on the sea-shore, a collector's item, perfectly formed, a pearly shell - but empty, devoid of the life it once held. The device used in this sentence is:

"All right," said Mr. Golspie with his usual genial brutality. Define the stylistic device used by the author:

A man, waiting at the corner, with the hope inspired by the letter, the letter that came that morning. The repetition used is:

“Thanks,” and there came the ghost of a smile. The device the writer uses is:

Define the device used by the author: She adored fish and gossip.

Mr. Smeeth was a connoisseur of both tobacco and human nature. Define the device used:

A pepper-and-salt beard. The epithet used is:

They had taken arms against a common peril. The device is:

Like cattle when a dog comes into the field, they stood head to head… The device is…

They were sensitive lips, sensuous and sweet. The device is a convergence of:

Old Jolyon…looked at her, that little slip of a thing who had got such a grip of his heart. The device used in the sentence is:

. …a formula to which June was not unaccustomed. The device is: