The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds, in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells")
What is Alliteration?
100
Word Choice
What is diction?
100
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity. Put simply, a comparison that suggests one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
100
Assigning human qualities to non-human things (why your chair has a "leg").
What is personification?
100
Something that represents itself and stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
200
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
What is an analogy?
200
The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning
What is connotation?
200
Sensory details related to the five senses.
What is imagery?
200
That which is not poetry.
What is prose?
200
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole.
What is synecdoche?
300
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.
What is an allusion?
300
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.
What is denotation?
300
A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
What is metonymy?
300
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
300
A logical form of reasoning ... usually uses deductive system of logic with two premises leading to a conclusion.
What is syllogism?
400
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.
What is an allegory?
400
Writing that primarily teaches or instructs
What is didactic?
400
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.
What is irony?
400
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
What is parody?
400
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences with individual words.
What is syntax?
500
The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.
What is ambiguity?
500
A surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.
What is a conceit?
500
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite.
What is litotes?
500
Writing that is overly scholarly, academic, or showy; using big words to impress.
What is pedantic?
500
When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another.