rhetorical terms
literary terms
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Examples of
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anaphora
What is the repetition o words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences?
100
the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions
What is satire?
100
an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his position on an issue
What is ad hominem argument
100
"Stops static before static stops you."
What is chiasmus
200
a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions
What is a asyndeton
200
the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
What is irony
200
an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
What is euphemism
200
"It's not hard."
What is litotes?
200
"She broke his heart and his car."
What is zeugma?
300
a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
What is chiasmus?
300
substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it
What is metonymy
300
reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case
What is deductive reasoning
300
"Ready are you? What know you of ready?
What is cjiasmus
300
"I am still his right hand."
What is synecdoche?
400
the repetition of the last word of a clause at the beginning of the following clause
What is anadiplosis?
400
using one part of an object to represent the entire object
What is syndoche
400
placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast
What is juxtaposition
400
"Every cat I have seen has four legs; cats are four-legged animals."
What is inductive reasoning?
400
"The child is the father of the man."
What is paradox?
500
a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite
What is litotes
500
a trope in which one word, usually a noun or main verb, governs or modifies two other words not related in meaning
What is zeugma
500
deriving general principals from particular facts or instances
What is inductive rasoning
500
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
What is metonymy?
500
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
What is chiasmus
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