Christmas and rhetorical devices :)
Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words. Example What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us." —Emerson
What is epiphora?
Radoslava's favourite sport
What is fencing?
The name of the day after Christmas
What is Boxing Day?
The best Christmas song of all times according to the Billboard Staff
What is All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey (1994)?
"which", "that", "whose" belong to this category
What are relative pronouns?
A comparison made by referring to one thing as another. Examples
No man is an island —John Donne
Life is a beach.
What's a metaphor?
Radoslava's favourite means of transport
What is a bike?
Another name for Santa Claus
What is Father Christmas?
The best Christmas song according to dogs (survey of 1 000 dog owners)
What is Wham's Last Christmas?
The opposite of synonyms
What are antonyms?
An explicit comparison, often (but not necessarily) employing "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Number of languages Radoslava speaks fluently
What is the number 4?
Meal usually eaten at lunchtime on Christmas Day
What is roast turkey?
My true love sends me----on the 5th day of Christmas
What are 5 golden rings?
"that", "these", "those" - these words belong to the following category
What are demonstrative pronouns?
Speaking in such a way as to imply the contrary of what one says, often for the purpose of derision, mockery, or jest.
What is irony?
Number of countries Radoslava has lived in for more than half a year
What is 4 countries?
Dessert at Christmas
What is Christmas pudding?
A famous Irish band singing the Christmas song Fairytale of New York
What are The Pogues?
The placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination
What is parataxis?
Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas (often, although not always, in parallel structure).
Example "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." —Abraham Lincoln
What is antithesis?
The weapon Radoslava fences with
What is an épée?
A single snow flake to be observed falling within the 24 hr period on the 25 December
What is a white Christmas?
Second best Christmas song of all times as voted by the Billboard staff - also R.'s favourite
What is Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love?
The subordination of one clause (ledsætning) to another
What is hypotaxis?