A TYPE or class of literature or music or film such as epic, rock or film noir
What is genre
100
Sequential repetition of a similar initial sounds
What is alliteration
100
A figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something, as in "The White House announced today"...
What is Metonymy
100
A word like "buzz" or "neigh" or "whack" that captures the sound of what it describes.
What is Onomatopoeia
100
An argumentative fallacy wherein the character (or looks!) of the opposition is attacked rather than their actual argument
What is an Ad Hominem attack
200
A work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure
What is Satire
200
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief, such as "Spare the rod and spoil the child"
What is an aphorism
200
An indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information. Very popular in the Victorian Era
What is a Euphemism
200
Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, academic subject, or similar group,
What is Jargon
200
A type of argumentative fallacy wherein the other person's actual position is ignored and the speaker attacks a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position.
What is the "straw man" argumentative fallacy
300
A mode of discourse that tells a story or stories to make a point.
What is narration?
300
the act of addressing some inanimate abstraction or person that is not physically present.
What is apostrophe
300
A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, as in "wise fool" (sophomore), "baggy tights" or "deafening silence."
What is an Oxymoron
300
One way to elicit emotions from an audience is to overstate the situation using exaggerated language, or this tool
What is hyperbole
300
the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, which is often the opposite of what was actually said or written.
What is Irony
400
A mode of discourse that relies on explaining the significance or meaning of a certain work
What is an expository essay
400
A literary, historical, religious or mythological reference.
What is allusion
400
The repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences or clauses
What is Epistrophe
400
A comparison of two unlikely things drawn out within a piece of literature, used to great effect in Metaphysical Poetry
What is a Conceit
400
How a writer or speaker establishes their character and credibility to convince their audience to believe their message
What is Ethos
500
A narrative with multiple levels of meaning and significance. Examples are often religious or political, and may contain universal symbols of personified abstraction, like love portrayed by a chubby angel with a bow and arrow
What is allegory
500
The sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing.
What is attitude
500
The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase as opposed to its dictionary definition.
What is connotation
500
Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length, such as: "Many are called, but few are chosen".
What is Isocolon
500
Argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evading or ignoring the real question