word list 1
What is this an example of?
"I told you a million times to clean your room!"
figurative language
Which one is correct? Connotation or Denotation
"The ambitious student excelled in her studies."
connotation
What is this an example of?
"Visiting relatives can be exhausting."
Ambiguity
What is this an example of?
As soon as Rachel arrived, it started to storm; Rachel must have brought the storm with her
Faulty cause effect
This car is a great deal because it has new tires, a powerful stereo, and fresh oil changes
slippery slope or card stacking
card stacking
What is this an example of?
One man's trash is another man's treasure
parallelism
What is this an example of?
Cinderella and her stepsisters
juxaposition
What is this an example of?
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Chiasmus
What is this an example of?
"This toothpaste must be the best because a celebrity endorses it
Prose or jargon?
written or spoken language in its ordinary form
prose
What is this an example of?
"The golden sunset painted the sky in shades of pink and orange."
imagrey
What is this an example of?
Easy come, easy go
Antithesis
What is this an example of? Prose or Jargon
"The cache is a temporary storage area in a computer's memory for frequently accessed data
Jargon
What is this an example of? Bandwagon or strawman
This diet is the hottest new fad, so it must be effective
Bandwagon
"Check out my new wheels."
synechdoce
Pick between the 2: Asyndeton or Polysyndeton
"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep."
polysyndeton
What is this an example of? Anaphora or Epiphora
"If you did know to whom I gave the ring, If you did know for whom I gave the ring, And would conceive for what I gave the ring..."
Epiphora
What is this an example of? Stream of consciousness or didactic
Guido of Arezzo's chant Ut queant laxis was used to teach solfège syllables.
Didactic
What is this an example of? Ad Hominem or strawman
"You think we should have stricter laws for people who commit crimes, so you're saying all men are guilty and should be treated as such!"
strawman
Sarcasm or satire
What a perfect time to be late
sarcasm
What is this an example of?
The crown
metonymy
What is this an example of?
The cat ran out of the house because the dog barked.
syntax
What is this an example of? Point of view or Stream of consciousness
The narrator is a camera, reporting only what can be seen or heard, without access to any character's inner thoughts.
point of view
What is this an example of? Non-seqitir or slippery slope
We were discussing the economy, so her comment about the weather was a complete non sequitur
non-sequitir
Contradiction that seems untrue but is true
paradox