Figures of Speech
This term describes the reputation of a word at the end of successive clauses.
What is epistrophe?
A phrase or expression that has figurative meaning different from its literal one.
What is Idiom?
A short story that illustrates a point.
What is anecdote?
Two ideas placed together for comparison.
The fastest animal in the world.
What is cheetah?
This rhetorical device uses repetition at the beginning of clauses.
What is anaphora?
A saying that captures general truth.
What is aphorism?
A mild or indirect word used to soften harshness.
What is euphemism?
A statement that seems self contradictory.
Planet with the most moons.
What is Saturn?
An exaggeration so extreme it's impossible.
What is hyperbole?
A familiar, informal way of speaking.
What is colloquialism?
When a part represents the whole.
What is synecdote?
A rhetorical reversal in the structure of phrases.
What is chiasmus?
Element with the chemical symbol K.
The use of many conjugations in close succession.
What is polysyndeton?
Adding details to clarify or illustrate an idea.
What is exemplification?
Substituting a related term for the object meant.
What is metonymy?
The arrangement of ideas in a balanced structure.
What is paradox?
The sport known as the beautiful game.
What is soccer.
The omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence.
What is asyndeton?
Expanding a statement to emphasize or add detail.
What is emplification?
A contrasting pair of ideas in one sentence.
What is antithesis?
A question posed to make a point rather than seek an answer.
What is rhetorical question?
Author of the novel 1984.
Who is George Orwell?