Lesson POL-6

Read the first sentence. Complete the second sentence so that is has a similar meaning to the first sentence by putting the word in bold in the blank space (...) . Change the word if necessary. You must use between two and five words. For example:

• Perhaps we took the wrong way. 

• Might

• We (...) the wrong way.

• Correct answer: We might have taken the wrong way.

1. 1. • Anaphora - Repetition of a phrase at the beginning of paragraphs. “I have a dream… “

      • Epizeuxis - Repetition of words in sequence. "Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."

      • Epistrophe - Repetition of the last words or phrase in a sentence. “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.“

      • Antimetabole - Repeating phrases but in the reverse order. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

      • Alliteration - Repetition of consonants in adjacent words. “She sells seashells by the sea shore.“

      • Asyndeton - Deliberately remove conjunctions. “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

      • Hyperbole - Exaggeration. “I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.” I died laughing!“

      • Metaphor - Compare two objects that are similar or dissimilar, however not literally, by using a direct statement. “You have a heart of gold.“ “He is a train wreck.”

      • Euphemism - To change a rude or unpleasant expression into another with a more agreeable or softer image. “visit the restroom” (the toilet), “pass away" (to die)

      • Simile - Compare two things using like or as. “Blind as a bat”, "Life is like a box of chocolates."

      • Antithesis - Contrasting two different or opposing objects or ideas. “Go big or go home", “No pain, no gain.“

      • Analogy - Compare two things - give more information. “Time is money, spend it wisely, "Finding a it is like finding a needle in a haystack“