Definition/Terms
A term often referred to as seeing sounds as colors, this term's dictionary definition is combining two senses to heighten the work
What is synesthesia?
These two terms sound similar, but one is spoken, and the other is written; both refer to opposites
What are antiphrasis and antithesis?
Ever the pessimist, this author despises everything he comes in contact with, whether it's their own government, other people, but surprisingly not an elephant.
Who is George Orwell?
This form of fallacy relies on the political opponents being more interested in each other than their policies; in Latin.
What is ad hominim?
Litotes
What is referring to something positive through a double negative?
Often humorous or satirical, the people who use this literary term rehash or poke fun at specific serious literary works.
What is parody?
The types of reasoning are inverse of each other, and both are used in the Declaration of Independence, but this one goes from a broad claim to more specific.
What is deductive reasoning?
This historical figure takes their ideas from Henry David Thoreau and actively fought for civil rights in America.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
A headpiece that adorns the heads of Catholic figures can also blind people to the truth about celebrity figures.
What is the Halo Effect?
Asyndeton
What is an omission or exclusion of conjunctions?
A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole or vice versa.
What is synecdoche?
What are anaphora and epistrophe?
Let's eat babies!! The Onion before The Onion existed.
This kind of seafood delicacy from the Caribbean often misleads people from the real problem at rod.
What is the red herring fallacy?
Epizeuxis
What is repetition of a specific words/phrases in quick succession to invoke feeling?
A form of mockery where the speaker talks about the general wrongs of society/government/ etc without the risk of severe punishment. (They're laughing, who cares?)
What is satire?
While both of these lit terms are the kinds of people you'd want to avoid at parties; both being very nit-picky, the latter only deals with meanings in literature.
What are pedantic and semantic?
Based on a true story from 1959, this author dives into the psyche of his subjects and the effect they have on a small, tight-knit community after the fact.
Who is Truman Capote?
These types of people refuse to acknowledge their faults while overly praising their accomplishments, often blinding them to their terrible behavior.
What is Illusory Superiority?
Zeugma
A terse saying that embodies a general truth.
(The early bird gets the worm)
What is an aphorism?
While both of these terms have similar structure, the former has clauses of similar length, and the latter only runs-on.
What are isocolon and comma splice?
Specific types of cells have rapidly developed the scientific world, (including, but not limited to polio) at the cost of bodily autonomy and proper familial compensation.
What are HeLa cells?
By only consuming the media that agrees with your world view, you fail to see the world around you
(Double points if in Latin)
What is Confirmation Bias?
(Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur.)
Exigence
Why does a topic matter and why it absolutely matters at this time and place?