The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what actually is true.
Example:Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!
irony
100
eergn.
Provide an example of the rhetorical device.
genre
100
The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause is:
A. Repetition
B. Alliteration
C. Anadiplosis
D. Aphorism
C. Anadiplosis
100
T or F
a wit is a trope, one word (usually a noun or main verb) governs two other words not related in meaning.
Ex) “He maintained a business and his innocence.”
False the correct term is zuegma.
100
Unscramble and provide an example for the following.
cniefrnee
Inference
Example: Sherry's toddler is in bed upstairs. She hears a bang and crying. Sherry can infer that her toddler fell out of bed.
200
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.
Example: He drowned in a sea of grief.
Metaphor
200
odmo.
Provide an example of the rhetorical device.
mood
200
The repetition of sounds, especially initial constant sound in two or more neighboring words.
A. Repetition
B. Allusion
C. Anadiplosis
D.Alliteration
D. Alliteration
200
From the Greek for "good speech."
Euphemism
200
Unscramble and provide an example.
teicnevvi
invective
Example: Labeling someone who took your credit for your idea as a cheater.
300
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
Example: Everyday, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.
Anaphora
300
aotopeamonio.
Provide an example of the rhetorical device.
onomatopoeia
300
A comparison without using like or as developed at great length.
A. Metaphor
B. simile
C. Conceit
D. None of the above. Explain the correct answer.
D. The correct answer is Extended Metaphor.
300
Find the term
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.
Denotation
300
Example: The ice cream was not too bad.
Litotes
400
The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
Example: "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor."
Anadiplosis
400
sprialemlal.
Provide an example of the rhetorical device.
parallelism
400
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.
A. Connotation
B. Colloquialism
C. Euphemism
D. Denotation
D. Denotation
400
Fill in the blank
The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.
_______ may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.
Connotation
400
Define irony and without searching it up.
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. The difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.
500
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.
Example: "Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."
Aphorism
500
ntmyemyo.
Provide an example of the rhetorical device.
Metonymy
500
This term describes traditions for each genre.
A. Homily
B. Genre
C. Genre Conventions
D. Atmosphere
C. Genre Conventions
500
Fill in the blank.
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An ______ can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.
Analogy
500
A person who tells a story or an account of an event or series of events.