A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
What is Analogy
100
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
What is Metaphor
100
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
What is A Pun
100
A statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory
What is Paradox
100
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
What is Verbal Irony
200
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
What is Simile
200
Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.
What is Figurative Meaning
200
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration
200
irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
What is Dramatic Irony
200
A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract.
What is Symbol
300
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
What is Idiom
300
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
What is Oxymoron
300
Assonance- In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
What is Assonance
300
A type of irony emphasizing that human beings are enmeshed in forces beyond their comprehension and control.
What is Situational Irony
400
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
What is Personification
400
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole
400
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
What is Euphemism
400
Literal Meaning
What is Refers to words that do not deviate from their defined meaning
500
Visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work.
What is Imagery
500
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle).
What is Onomatopoeia
500
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.