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Figurative Language
Humor
Syntax: Techniques
Syntax: Sentence forms
Parts of Speech
100
One of the best known figures of speech which is used as a comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like, as, than, seems, resembles"
What is a metaphor
100
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
What is a parody.
100
A contrast used for emphasis. Ex., "India is a poetic nation, yet it demands new electrical plants."
What is antithesis.
100
A sentence made of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Ex. "Where you go I will go, and where you dwell I will dwell."
What is a compound-complex sentence.
100
A specific type of dependent clause that provides background information or "sets the stage" for the main part of the sentence, the independent clause. For example: If they want to win, athletes must exercise every day.
What is an introductory clause.
200
A list of items
What is a catalogue.
200
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
What is an invective.
200
A structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence. Ex. "He was walking, running, and jumping for joy."
What is parallelism.
200
Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction or a semicolon.
What is a compound sentence.
200
A group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. This type of clause cannot be a sentence.
What is a dependent clause.
300
The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions; on a physical level, related to the five senses.
What is imagery.
300
The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco )
What is a malapropism.
300
The same word is repeated at the END of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.
What is epistrophe.
300
A sentence in which the main idea is stated at the beginning of the sentence followed by additional information.
What is a loose/cumulative sentence.
300
A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.
What is a prepositional phrase
400
A statement which seems contradictory but is actually true; an unresolvable statement.
What is a paradox.
400
A word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent.
What is a double entendre.
400
A sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the ideas in the first clause.
What is chiasmus.
400
A sentence in which the main idea is withheld until the end of the sentence.
What is a periodic sentence.
400
A complete sentence.
What is an independent clause.
500
A term in Greek that means "substitute name," a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with. For instance, a news release that claims "the White House declared" rather than "the President declared."
What is metonymy
500
A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
What is a farce.
500
The deliberate omission of conjunctions in a series of related clauses.
What is asyndeton.
500
A sentence composed of one independent and one or more dependent clauses. Ex. "When I really understand grammar and when I actually put it to use, my grades in English will improve."
What is a complex sentence.
500
The specific word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
What is an antecedent.