Devices that Begin with "M" or "O"
A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes.
What is an onomatopoeia?
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words.
What is assonance?
Makes a point with details.
What is enummeratio?
The use of ordinary language.
What is colloquial?
Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by giving it human qualities.
What is personification?
A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements.
What is an oxymoron?
A figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present.
What is an apostrophe?
A single word or short phrase intended to emphasize surrounding words.
What is an expletive?
To sidestep or evade the real problem. Also known as circular reasoning.
What is begging the question?
A satirical imitation of a work of art for the purpose of ridiculing its style or subject.
What is a parody?
Corrects or qualifies a statement.
What is metanoia?
Places a noun or noun phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes.
What is an appositive?
Repeats one word for emphasis.
What is epizeuxis?
When something is implied by a word.
What is connotation?
A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true.
What is a paradox?
A type of implied comparison that compares two things by stating one is the other.
What is a metaphor?
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.
What is an aphorism?
Repeats something from the beginning of a clause or sentence at the end.
What is epanalepsis?
The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels.
What is consonance?
The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
What is prose?
A type of metaphor where something being compared is referred to by something closely associated with it.
What is a metonymy?
The practice of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
What is asyndeton?
A descriptive word or phase expressing a quality of the person or thing.
What is an epithet?
A figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second.
What is chiasmus?
Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution.
What is propaganda?