Definitions
Strong, Abusive Language
Invective
simile
comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Pop-bottles plop!
onomatopoeia
Doctor recommending a particular medicine.
ethos
The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted from the kitchen to the living room, causing Greg’s stomach to rumble.
(What technique is used here?)
imagery
A short, amusing story
Anecdote
euphemism
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt
Many mumbling mice are making midnight music in the moonlight. - Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr Seuss
alliteration
an argument with charts, graphs, and statistics
logos
Lightning danced across the sky.
(What is used here?)
personification
addresses something or someone not actually present
apostrophe
motif
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
allegory
a commercial showing starving and neglected animals
pathos
Provide an example of verbal irony.
Varies
literally means does not follow
non sequitur
epigraph
a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme
The 1989 film Glory, which was set during the American Civil War, features a soldier wearing a digital wristwatch.
anachronism
boxing gloves endorsed by Mike Tyson
ethos
Define cacophony.
a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
synecdoche
Malapropism
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco )
clearly confused
oxymoron
Logos
Spell __________.
onomatopoeia