Slovenské štylistické figúry Practice Quiz (11 questions)

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Aliterácia repeats the same sounds at the beginnings of words. Anafora repeats words at the beginnings of successive verses, rather than sounds at the beginnings of words.

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Anafora is the repetition of words at the beginnings of successive verses. Epifora places the repeated words at the ends of verses.

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Epifora repeats words at the ends of verses. Anafora also involves repeated words in verses, but places them at the beginnings.

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Asindeton joins words or phrases without conjunctions and can create a sense of momentum. Polysyndeton is the contrasting figure, marked by excessive use of conjunctions.

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Polysyndeton is the excessive use of conjunctions. Asindeton removes conjunctions between linked words or phrases, so it has the opposite construction.

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Elipsa omits a word that can be understood from context, as «hovoríš» can be supplied here. Apozio péza is an unfinished sentence that trails off with three dots.

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Hyperbola is deliberate exaggeration, such as claiming to have said something a thousand times. Litotes softens an assertion through negation rather than intensifying it through exaggeration.

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Litotes expresses a softened assertion by using negation, as in «nie je to zlé». Hyperbola instead exaggerates a claim, as in «tisíckrát som ti hovoril».

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Alegória conveys a hidden meaning, and fables often use animals to represent people. Inverzia concerns reversed word order, not a hidden meaning conveyed through characters.

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Klymax is a gradation in which meaning rises from the weakest point to the strongest. A descending sequence reverses the direction of this progression.

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Paronomázia involves repeating expressions, with „zdravý chorý“ given as an example. A sequence that intensifies from mild to intense illustrates gradation instead.