Adjectives and Adverbs
This adjective means taking words in their usual or most basic meaning, not figurative or metaphorical.
What is literal?
This rhetorical device entails complimenting the audience to get them onto your side.
What is flattery?
This noun means strong criticism or disapproval.
What is censure?
This noun refers to an argument made to oppose another argument.
What is a counterargument?
This noun means a small piece or detached part broken off from a larger whole, or an incomplete portion of something such as a text, speech, or object.
What is a fragment?
This adjective refers to something that is plain, or without decoration or unnecessary detail.
What is unadorned?
This is a question that implies its own answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
This is how Shakespeare would refer to "you."
What is thou?
This noun refers to something that you accept as true without question or proof
What is an assumption?
This noun means not the state of being not awake and unaware of your surroundings, or having thoughts and feelings that operate below the level of conscious awareness.
What is unconsciousness?
This adjective means intentional, or done on purpose.
What is deliberate?
This is a rhetorical device in which the speaker says the opposite of what they mean, often with a mocking or humorous tone, to criticize or point out a flaw.
What is sarcasm?
This noun means a large, strong box in which money or valuable objects are kept.
What is a coffer?
This noun means proof of someone's abilities and experience.
What are credentials?
This adjective means used to refer to something less important than something else with which it is connected.
What is subsidiary?
This adverb means in a quiet, not obvious, or delicate way.
What is subtly?
This rhetorical device involves a difference between what is said and what is actually meant, in order to highlight a contrast between expectations and reality.
What is irony?
This adjective means unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable.
What is vile?
This noun refers to the fact that someone or something can be believed or trusted.
What is credibility?
This adverb means in a stiff, unbending, or strictly inflexible manner.
What is rigidly?
This adjective refers to a kind of sentence that makes a statement.
What is declarative?
This rhetorical device utilizes repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect.
What is anaphora?
This adjective is how Shakespeare would refer to something that is buried.
What is interred?
This noun refers to a false or mistaken belief or idea, especially in reasoning or logic.
What is a fallacy?
This adjective means "only," "just," or "nothing more than."
What is merely?