What is a statement that seems absurd or even contradictory but that often expresses a deeper truth?
100
Aphorism
What is a concise expression of insight or wisdom?
100
Syllogism
What is a formal argument involving deductive reasoning, in which a specific conclusion is inferred from a general statement?
100
Onomatopoeia
What is the use of words that sound like the thing or action they refer to?
200
Repetition
By bringin up words or ideas on multiple occasions, authors emphasize the importance of these ideas.
200
Metaphor
What is a comparison of unlike things without the use of like or as?
200
Anthithesis
What is the contrasting of ideas by the use of parallel structure in phrases or clauses?
200
Rhetorical Question
What is a question that is asked not to elicit a response but to call attention to or assert something?
200
Metonymy
What is a figure of speech in which something is referred to by one of its attributes?
300
Polysyndeton
What is the device that repeats conjunctions in close succession?
300
Juxtaposition
What is the technique of placing unexpected combinations of words or ideas side by side?
300
Anaphora
What is the repeated use of a word or phase at the start of successive phrases or sentences for effect?
300
Personification
What is the use of human characteristics to describe animals, objects, or ideas?
300
Litotes
What is a deliberate understatement in which an idea or opinion is often affirmed by negating its opposite?
400
Personification
What is the literary device that uses human characteristics to describe animals, objects, or ideas?
400
Colloquialism
What is an informal or slang expression, especially in the context of formal writing?
400
Synecdoche
What is a figure of speech in which a part of an entity is used to refer to the whole?
400
Inductive Reasoning
What is reasoning in which one arrives at a general conclusion from specific instances?
500
Parallelism
What is the literary device that uses similar grammatical structures or word order in two or more sentences, clauses, or phrases to suggest a comparision or contrast between them?
500
Asyndeton
What is the omission of coordinating conjunctions such as in a series?
500
Symbol
What is a concrete object that is made to represent something abstract?
500
Oxymoron
What is the association of two contradictory terms?
500
Hyperbole
What is excessive overstatement or conscious exaggeration of fact?