“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis!
All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!"
(duplication of sound, word, phrase, etc..)
What is REPETITION
(Macbeth, from Yahoo! Answers)
100
"Macduff referring to Lady Macbeth as 'O gentle lady' while inwardly thinking she is wretched."
(words state opposite of speaker's true meaning)
What is VERBAL IRONY
(Lord Jim, from Yahoo! Answers)
100
It was "an imposing but empty dining-room very dimly lit. The house was silent."
(Emotional mood created by setting, objects, etc.)
What is ATMOSPHERE
(Lord Jim)
100
"The Patna was...lean like a greyhound."
(explicit comparison using "like", "as", "if")
What is SIMILE
(Lord Jim, from Grammardog)
100
DR. TORRANCE teaches passionately, because he loves his students.
"Dr. Torrance" is the __________ for the pronoun "he"
What is ANTECEDENT
200
"But now I am Cabin’d, Cribbed, Confin’d"
(repetition of initial consonant sounds)
What is ALLITERATION
(Macbeth, from Yahoo! Answers)
200
"My bedroom is organized chaos."
(A statement that appears to be contradictory but actually contains some truth)
What is PARADOX
200
She had a rather large nose, protruding eyeballs, and a puckered mouth.
(Subject's distinctive features are deliberately exaggerated)
What is CARICATURE
200
Stein's shelves full of beetles are called "catacombs." This is a __________
(Figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things)
What is METAPHOR
200
Sam liked eating at the park, playing in the jungle, and swimming in the sea.
(Structural similarity of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs)
What is PARALLELISM
300
Buzz! HISS! whinny!
(natural sounds imitated in sounds of words)
What is ONOMATOPOEIA
300
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair…”
(Inverted parallelism, a reversal of terms)
What is CHIASMUS
(Macbeth)
300
The author's specific choice of words, especially with regard to their clearness, effectiveness, etc.
Example: Joseph Conrad's ________ emphasized a contrast between light and dark in Stein's house.
What is DICTION
300
The comparison of Lord Jim to beetles and butterflies is an ___________
(similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them)
What is ANALOGY
300
THE GREAT GATSBY makes many _________ to LORD JIM.
(direct or indirect references to something commonly known)
What are ALLUSIONS
400
a "lighthouse...seemed to wink at her [the ship] its eye of flame"
(describes objects with human attributes)
What is PERSONIFICATION
(Lord Jim, from Grammardog)
400
"O brawling love! O loving hate!"
(author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox)
What is OXYMORON
(Romeo and Juliet, from Squidoo)
400
In his writing, Shakespeare uses alliteration, irony, apostrophe, and more. These literary devices are all called _________
What are FIGURES OF SPEECH or FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
400
A poem about two knights, who represent Holiness and Chastity, could be called an _________.
(Device using a character or elements symbolically)
What is ALLEGORY
(Spenser, "Faerie Queen," from Sparknotes)
400
"Friendly fire" is a __________ which means fellow soldiers shoot each other.
(Less offensive substitute for unpleasant concepts)
What is EUPHEMISM
500
"Is this a dagger which I see before me...? come, let me clutch thee!"
(Directly addresses an absent person or abstraction)
What is APOSTROPHE
(Macbeth, from Cliffsnotes)
500
"To err is human, to forgive, divine."
(Contradiction of words, ideas, etc. within a balanced grammatical structure)
"The dishes were covered in black mold and slime, and the leftover food had a strong, sour odor."
(The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.)
What is IMAGERY
500
"I serve the crown."
(Name of an object stands for another object which is closely associated with it)
What is METONYMY
500
"To know, is to know that you know nothing." --Confucius
(a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle)