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The interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning.
What is Connotation
100
The use of word choice to create tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning.
What is Diction
100
A process aimed at changing a person's (or a group's) attitude or behavior toward some event, idea, object, or other person(s), by using written or spoken words to convey information, feelings, or reasoning, or a combination thereof.
What is Persuasion
100
"The night was black as coal."
What is Simile
100
"I've told this story a million times."
What is Hyperbole.
200
A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something.
What is Euphemism
200
A word that sounds like the sound they represent.
What is Onomatopoeia
200
Words or phrases that are not formal or literary, typically used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
What is Colloquialism
200
"The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora's Box of crime in this city."
What is Allusion
200
"All the world is a stage."
What is Metaphor
300
A reference to another literary work or to something one already knows about as a means of explaining an unfamiliar idea.
What is Allusion
300
The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
What is Pun
300
A piece of writing in which the purpose is to instruct or to teach.
What is Didactic
300
"The crowd went nuts when the band came on stage."
What is Colloquialism
300
"He told me not to stop. He told me to run away. He told me that this wasn't going to end well. He told me, but I didn't listen."
What is Anaphora.
400
A figure of speech in which two apparently contradictory terms appear next to each other for effect or contrast.
Oxymoron
400
The use of this punctuation indicates a slight pause, an unfinished thought, or an awkward or a nervous silence; this practice of leaving out unimportant words allows the readers to understand the missing text through their mind’s eye.
What is Ellipsis
400
A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
What is Analogy
400
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
What is Paradox
400
"I am a deeply superficial person."
What is Oxymoron
500
These are appeals to ethics and logic. Name both.
Ethos and Logos
500
These two terms have to do with emphasis. One is an overstatement for exaggeration and one is an understatement for emphasis. Name both.
What is Hyperbole and Litote
500
A deduction or conclusion (usually of information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
What is Infererence
500
"Those are some nice new threads you bought."
What is Synecdoche
500
"Three people can keep a secret when two of them are dead."
What is Aphorism
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