Repetition
Comparisons
Figures of Speech
Grab Bag (any category)
100

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills...

 Anaphora

100

The moon is like a big silver dollar flipped by God, and it landed scarred-side up, see?

Simile

100

An arthropod is an invertebrate member of the phylum Arthropoda, which phylum covers insects, spiders, crustaceans, and centipedes/millipedes, all of whose main commonality, besides the absence of a centralized brain-spine assembly, is a chitinous exoskeleton composed of segments, to which appendages are articulated in pairs.

Jargon

100

Nah dawg, that ain't me.

Colloquialism

200

Phife Dawg is in the house

Uncle Mike is in the house

Bob Power is in the house

Tim Latham is in the house

Epistrophe

200

Mr. Chan tried to remove the stubborn stain from his plate. "Out, damned spot!" he cried, referencing Lady Macbeth.

Allusion

200

Shake your spear at Shakespeare!

(Think about how this one sounds)

Pun

200

Sleep is the cousin of death

Metaphor (or personification)

300

We must find a way--a way out of this dungeon and back to our homes!

Anadiplosis

300

He had been searching for this record for years, and he had finally found it: an original pressing of Led Zeppelin IV--his holy grail.

Metaphor

300

A penny saved is a penny earned!

Aphorism

300

It's raining cats and dogs outside!

Idiom

400

“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”

Chiasmus

400

Sandton, the richest square mile in all of Africa, overlooks Alexandra, one of the poorest slums in South in the region.

Juxtaposition

400
The accelerator of Jim's new Tesla Cybertruck became stuck, causing him to careen down the highway at increasingly dangerous speeds.

"ELONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" He shouted

Apostrophe

400

Calories are fuel for the human body. Just as your car needs gasoline, your body needs to burn calories to keep going.

(Focus on the fact that this is meant to illustrate or clarify an idea)

Analogy

500

We're done for! Toast! Absolutely screwed! It's all over!

Congery

500

If you let Jim borrow your car, and you knew that Jim was going to speed to school, then you're just as much at fault as he is.

Syllogism

500

Boston wins the World Series!

(Was it the city or their team?)

Metonymy

500

Nice set of wheels! (This is referring to the entire car, not just the tires)

Synechdoche

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