Language Terms
Meter
Grammatical Terms
Figurative Language
Grab Bag
100
the special language of a profession or group
What is jargon?
100
two-syllable foot, unaccented then accented
What is an iamb?
100
The structure of a sentence.
What is syntax?
100
endowing nonhuman things (ideas, objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics
What is personification?
100
jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
200
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
200
poetry which is not written in meter but is still rhythmical
What is free verse?
200
a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or paragraph
What is parallel structure?
200
deliberate exaggeration or over-statement
What is hyperbole?
200
calling torture "enhanced interrogation methods"
What is using a euphemism?
300
The implications or implied meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
300
unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is blank verse?
300
The omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable. (. . .)
What is an ellipsis?
300
the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
300
song-like verse
What is lyrical?
400
not figurative
What is literal?
400
four-line stanza rhymed abcb with four feet then three feet
What is ballad meter?
400
that which goes before. (Especially before a pronoun)
What is an antecedent?
400
a story in which people, things, and events have another meaning.
What is allegory?
400
Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech
What is a soliloquy?
500
A pithy saying, often using contrast.
What is an epigram?
500
a three-line stanza rhymed aba bcb cdc
What is terza rima?
500
A sentence that comes to grammatical completion at the end.
What is periodic?
500
characterized by distortions or incongruities.
What is grotesque?
500
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
What is a rhetorical question?
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