What is Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other
100
Allegory
What is A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning.
100
Cliché
What is Any figure of speech that was once clever and original but through overuse has become outdated.
100
Hyperbole
What is An outrageous exaggeration used for effect
100
Imagery
What is The use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images, not only of the visual
sense, but of sensation and emotion as well.
200
Assonance
What is Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other
200
Allusion
What is A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological
situation or character.
200
Connotation
What is The emotional, psychological or social overtones of a word; its implications and associations
apart from its literal meaning.
200
Irony
What is A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true
200
Synesthesia
What is An attempt to fuse different senses by describing one kind of sense impression in words
normally used to describe another
300
Consonance
What is Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other
300
Ambiguity
What is A word or phrase that can mean more than one thing, even in its context.
300
Contrast
What is Closely arranged things with strikingly different characteristics
300
Metaphor
What is A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the action
of the other
300
Tone, Mood
What is The means by which a poet reveals attitudes and feelings, in the style of language or expression
of thought used to develop the subject.
400
Cacophony
What is A discordant series of harsh, unpleasant sounds helps to convey disorder.
400
Analogy
What is A comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar.
400
Denotation
What is The dictionary definition of a word; its literal meaning apart from any associations or connotations.
400
Metonymy
What is A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely
associated with it
400
Simile
What is A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
500
Euphony
What is A series of musically pleasant sounds, conveying a sense of harmony and beauty to the language
500
Apostrophe
What is Speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object; addressing that person or
thing by name.
500
Euphemism
What is An understatement, used to lessen the effect of a statement; substituting something innocuous
for something that might be offensive or hurtful.
500
Oxymoron
What is A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other.
500
Symbol
What is An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and
significance – a flag to represent a country, a lion to represent courage, a wall to symbolize separation.