The use of similar or grammatical structures or word order in two or more sentences, clauses, or phrases to suggest a comparison or contrast between them.
What is Parallelism?
100
The attribution of human feeling or motivation to a nonhuman object, especially an object found in nature.
What is pathetic fallacy?
100
A type of pun in which one part of speech is substituted for another (in this case, a noun or a verb). This sentence also demonstrates hyperbole.
What is Anthimeria?
100
A figure of speech that extends the literal meaning of words by inviting a comparison to other words, things, or meanings.
What is trope?
100
A play on words that exploits the similarity in sound between two words with distinctly different meanings.
What is Pun (also called paronomasia)?
200
The process of proving something wrong by argument or evidence.
What is refutation?
200
A cleansing or purification of one's emotions through art.
What is catharsis?
200
A figure of speech in which a word or short phrase is omitted but easily understood from the context.
What is Ellipsis?
200
A humorous and often satirical imitation of the style or particular work of another author.
What is parody?
200
A protagonist who is not admirable or who challenges our notions of what should be considered admirable.
What is an Antihero or an Antiheroine?
300
The omission of coordinating conjunctions, such as in a series.
What is asyndeton?
300
The repetition of a word or group of words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, verses, or sentences.
What is Epistrophe?
300
The technique of drawing attention to something by claiming not to mention it.
What is Paralipsis or praeteritio?
300
An informal or slang expression, especially in the context of formal writing.
What is colloquialism?
300
A work that exposes to ridicule the shortcomings of individuals, institutions, or society, often to make a political point.
What is Satire?
400
The repetition of words that come from the same root word.
What is polyptoton?
400
A concise expression of insight or wisdom.
What is Aphorism?
400
A form of understatement in which something is referred to by a name that is disproportionate to its true nature.
What is Meiosis?
400
Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that appeared at the beginning of the clause.
What is epanalepsis?
400
An error in chronology; a reference that is inconsistent or inaccurate in view of the time in which a story is set.
What is Anachronism?
500
The clash of discordant or harsh sounds within a sentence or phrase.
What is cacophony?
500
A formal statement of praise.
What is Eulogy?
500
The substitution of a proper noun in places of a description.
What is Periphrasis?
500
Repetition of the same word no other words in between for emphasis.
What is epizeuxis?
500
A work that imitates the style of a previous author, work, or literary genre; also a work that contains a hodgepodge of elements or fragments from different sources or influences. The imitation is not meant as satire or mockery.