Words
The definition of a word in a dictionary sense
What is the denotation?
A very excited sentence!
Comparison with like or as
What is simile?
A contradictory phrase or idea
What is oxymoron?
Rule of three
What is triadic structure?
The cultural and emotional associations of a word
What is connotation?
A statement of fact
What is a declarative statement?
Comparison without like or as
What is metaphor?
A reference to another text, person, or idea
Omission of conjunctions in a list
What is asyndeton?
Common, everyday slang terminology
What are colloquialisms?
Asking with no answer
What is a rhetorical question?
Opposites in parallel structure
What is Antithesis
Multiple, unnecessary conjunctions
Language specific to a specific profession
A command
What is an imperative statement?
What is appeal to emotion?
Repetition of the same grammatical pattern
What is parallelism?
Part represents a whole
A group of words related to a specific topic, like scalpel and nurse.
What is semantic field?
A rhetorical question that is followed by its answer
What is hypophora?
You can trust me
What is appeal to authority?
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause or sentence
What is anaphora?
Referring to something by a related concept
What is Metonymy?