This an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.
What is an allusion?
This literary device is quite popular as it is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the word.
What is alliteration?
This is a contrast between expectation and reality.
What is irony?
This is an implied comparison between two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
When someone asks this type of question, an answer is not required.
What is rhetorical?
This type of allusion references something from the past.
What is historical allusion?
This literary device uses sounds to reinforce meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
Writer's use this literary device to allow the audience to know something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
This is a comparison between to unlike things, as well. But it requires you to use "like" or "as" to label it as such.
What is a simile?
At first glance, this statement appears to be contradictory, but upon study it, in fact, has some truth.
What is a paradox?
This type of allusion references a story, usually a classic.
What is literary allusion?
This satirical imitation of a work ridicules authors, ideas, & books, and is usually funny. Weird Al is famous for it.
What is parody?
When you expect one thing but another happens.
What is situational irony?
These are items that contain a quality that only means something to an individual or a specific group of people.
Just because you put two contradictory terms together does not make you a moron.
What is an oxymoron?
This type of allusion has the power of God.
What is Biblical allusion?
This form of verbal iorny is usually hurtful or comedic. Either way, it's all about the delivery.
What is sarcasm?
This literary device is used to say one thing but mean another.
What is verbal irony?
These are things that society has attributed meaning to.
What are conventional symbols?
This phrase probably sounds familiar, especially to a particular group.
What is an idiom?
This type of allusion references the Greeks.
What is mythological allusion?
A person uses this literary device to deliberately represent something as much less than what it really is. Humble braggarts use it a lot.
What an understatement?
This literary is a device that is considered a form of verbal irony.
What is sarcasm?
Everyone understands these because they naturally contain the quality they stand for.
What are natural symbols?
We sometimes use these to be less blunt and help soften the blow of bad news.
What is euphemism?