a statement that seems false or a puzzle, but upon study is true or accurate
Ex. never say never
What is a paradox?
100
word play which suggest two meanings or more of a word
sometimes called the lowest form of humor
Cleaning up after a poultry truck full of chickens wrecks is foul (fowl) work.
What is a pun?
100
14 line poem with regular patterns
What is a sonnet?
100
an overused expression
What is a cliche?
100
a 5 line poem with only 11 words
What is a cinquain?
200
a comparison of 2 things using the words 'like' and 'as'
What is a simile?
200
a thing, person or place that represents something bigger or larger than itself
ex. cross= faith in Christ
What is a symbol?
200
a 5 line poem from Ireland with lines 1,2 and 5 ryhming
What is a limerick?
200
sameness in structure in a sentence or a phrase
What is parallelism?
200
a comparison of similar concepts
Ex. a foal is to mare as calf is to cow
What is an analogy?
300
combining two opposite words that make up a single idea
Ex. a deafening silence a dark day
What is oxymoron?
300
dictionary definition of a word
What is the denotation?
300
a 5 line poem with restricted number of words allowed