An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is allusion.
100
Illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel to it in some significant figures.
What is an analogy.
100
A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings.
What is pun.
100
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.
What is parallelism.
100
This device is generally defined as the literal or dictionary meanings of a word while its counterpart deviates from the dictionary meanings of words to create fresher ideas and images.
What is denotation and connotation.
200
You can find these morals in a 3,400 year-old book.
What is a parable.
200
Would you like some coke*?
What is synecdoche.
200
This device, along with satire, is always used in "The Daily Show."
What is parody.
200
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver Travels is an example of...
What is satire.
200
This device takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds while its counterpart refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
What is assonance and consonance.
300
Hearing this spiritual advice may put you to sleep.
What is homily.
300
The following quote from "Animal Farm" would be an example of...
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
What is paradox.
300
" Which came first, the chicken or the egg" is an example of...
What is conundrum.
300
In Romeo and Juliet, the following would be an example of...
“What light from yonder window breaks?” instead of using a common expression “What light breaks from yonder window?”
What is syntax.
300
This device is used for persuasive effect, but its name changes once it is answered. What are the two devices?
What is a rhetorical question and hypophora.
400
"...My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;..." is an example of...
What is an elegy.
400
...“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,..." as Charles Dickens wrote in "A Tale of Two Cities". This is an example of...
What is antithesis.
400
William Shakespeare used this device in Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet. Macbeth contains Shakespeare's most famous example in the form of a drunken porter
What is comic relief.
400
This device could be compared to an appetizer that increases your appetite for a meal.
What is epigraph.
400
conjunctions or just commas?
What is polysyndeton and asyndeton.
500
“Animal Farm”, written by George Orwell is an example of...
What is an allegory.
500
“My life is like this jeopardy game—everyone seems to be playing with it."
What is conceit.
500
It comes from “Mrs. Malaprop”, a character in Sheridan’s comedy “The Rivals”, who has a habit of replacing words with incorrect and absurd utterances producing a humorous effect.
What is malapropism.
500
Harriet Beecher Stowe, in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851-2)limits the meaning of the book to the moral or lesson. The reader can only accept or reject.