Literary Devices
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. (Hint - Synonym: Expression)
What is Idiom?
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.
What is Satire?
This device compares two unlike things without mentioning one of them.
What is Implied Metaphor?
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant.
What is Euphemism?
The action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.
What is Classification?
A rhetorical device used for listing details, or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step.
What is Enumeration?
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
What is Parody?
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
What is Anecdote?
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
What is Assertion?
A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
What is Maxim?
What is Non Sequitur?
Refers to a literary practice wherein the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in order to increase its worth and understandability.
What is Amplification?
A repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
What is Parallel Structure?
An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
What is Conjecture?
A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant.
What is Metonymy?
The change in the pattern of words in the formation of a sentence.
What is Inverted Syntax?
What is Caesura?
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
What is Paradox?
A form of deductive reasoning where you arrive at a specific conclusion by examining two other premises or ideas.
What is Syllogism?
The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition.
What is Anaphora?
A type of sentence that gives instructions or advice, and expresses a command, an order, a direction, or request.
What is Imperative?
A literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form.
What is Chiasmus?
A response to a person's argument by attacking the person's character rather than the logic or content of the argument.
What is Ad Hominem?
A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
What is Fallacy?