What do each of these mean?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Question

rhetorical devices!!

1)allusion

2)epithet

3)imagery

4)apposotive

5)understatement

6)hyperbole

7)metaphor

8)alliteration

9)repition

10)parallelism

11)asyndeton or polysyndeton

12)rhetorical question

13)similie

14)oxymoron or paradox

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help!!!

thanks!

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Answer 1

1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare.

2. any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality:

3. figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively.

4. a word or phrase in apposition.

5.to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms:

6. obvious and intentional exaggeration.

7. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”

8. the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid.

9. repeating a paragraph or line of poetry in lyrics

10. a comparison

11. the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.”

12. a question that is not actually calling for a spoken answer

13. a comparison of two things using the words "Like" or "as"

14. a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”

Answer 2

Agree with Christy T's answer. Her brain and diligence--very good and commendable. She deserves BA!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Too lazy to look up your homework in the dictionary. Well h**l, you got yourself one of them thar putor thangs.

Answer 5

dictionary.com

Answer 6

ill answer all the ones that  i can. for the others, i suggest looking on google.

1. a reference to a well-known person/place/event that the writer expects the reader to know

2. idk

3. descriptive language that evokes some or all of the 5 senses

4. idk

5. idk

6. an extreme exaggeration

7. a comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be"

8. repetition of first consonant sounds in a word

9. idk

10. idk

11. idk

12. a question that is not meant to be answered

13. a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

14. combining two contradictory terms

im only 15 so i did the best i could. the rest should be on google. everything i wrote though comes directly from what ive already learned.

Answer 7

well i'm not sure, but you

could try dictionary.com.

it probably has the definitions.

hope this helps.