"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo".
What is an analogy.
100
Scary Movie, comedy skits
Austin Powers, 007/James Bond
Star Wars, Space Balls
What is a parody.
100
We will not speak of all Queequeg's peculiarities here; how he eschewed coffee and hot rolls, and applied his undivided attention to beefsteaks, done rare.
What is a paralipsis.
100
Is the Pope Catholic?
Do bears live in the woods?
What is a rhetorical question.
100
"Men's words are bullets, that their enemies take up and make use of against them."
What is a metaphor.
200
A grotesque likeness of striking characteristics in persons or things.
What is a caricature.
200
Refers to an attempt on the part of an author to reproduce the unembellished flow of thoughts in the human mind with its feelings, judgments, associations, and memories.
What is stream of consciousness.
200
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.
What is irony.
200
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known.
What is allusion.
200
Paralleling Emerson's ideas about self-reliance with Thoreau's would be an example of what?
What is juxtaposition.
300
Saying "She's slender" vs. "She's scrawny."
What is euphemism.
300
Freedom, love, and peace are example of what type of language?
What is abstract.
300
“Whose woods these are I think I know" is an example of what?
What is inverted syntax.
300
All hands (sailors) on deck.
His parents bought him a new set of wheels (car).
What is synecdoche.
300
“Lilacs have a purple smell” from The Crucible
What is synethesia.
400
The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness.
What is wit.
400
Bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something; easier to detect in verbal form than in written form.
What is sarcasm.
400
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or tone that is scholarly, academic, or bookish.
What is pedantic.
400
If [it is] possible, [you] come early.
I love coffee; my spouse, soda.
What is ellipsis.
400
Running is fun, sleeping is more fun, eating is the most fun thing of all.
What is Parallelism.
500
“I saw a woman cut up, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her appearance.”
"I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
What is understatement.
500
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
I waited in line for centuries.
It took him two seconds to drive here.
Her smile was a mile wide.
I am so tired I could sleep for a year.?
What is hyperbole.
500
“Jack was bummed about his chemistry grade” vs. “Jack was upset about his chemistry grade”
"He was so hammered that he slept through his alarm clock"
What is Colloquial.
500
jumbo shrimp, thundering silence, military intelligence, living dead, fuzzy logic, anarchy rules, educational television, congressional ethics, virtual reality.
What is oxymoron.
500
The quality of realism in a work that persuades the reader that he or she is getting a vision of life as it really is.