Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech II
Figures of Speech III
Styles and genres
100
A reference to a person, place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize...
What is an allusion
100
A very short story that is told to make a point...
What is an anecdote?
100
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme...
What is a couplet?
100
A book of months and days for one year, containing weather predictions, a wide variety of miscellaneous information, and, often, proverbs...
What is an almanac?
200
A comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them...
What is an analogy?
200
The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words...
What is alliteration?
200
A comparison between two things that are basically dissimilar...
What is a metaphor?
200
A simple and clear style of writing which began as a revolt against a more complex and elaborate style...
What is plain style?
300
Words or phrases that create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind...
What is imagery?
300
A question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer...
What is a rhetorical question?
300
A comparison between to essentially unlike things using a specific word of comparison, such as like, as, than, or resembles...
What is a simile?
300
A highly elaborate style of writing popular in England and America in the 17th and 18th centuries...
What is ornate style?
400
The use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complimentary in structure or in meaning...
What is parallelism?
400
When something nonhuman is given human qualities...
What is personification?
400
An extended comparison between two things which are startlingly different...
What is a conceit?
500
A terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life...
What is an aphorism?
500
The use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning...
What is onomatopoeia?
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