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Just off The Top Of My Head
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The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
What is Narrative
100
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.
What is Metaphor
100
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.
What is Paradox
100
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. It exploits peculiarities of an author’s expression.
What is Parody
100
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Simple examples include such words as buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, and murmur.
What is Onomatopoeia
200
In literature, the perspective from which a story is told
What is Point of View
200
a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.
What is Periodic Sentence
200
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.
What is Loose Sentence
200
From the Greek for “pointedly foolish,” it is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
What is Oxymoron
200
The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work.
What is Mood
300
a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part.
What is Synecdoche
300
in modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights.
What is Wit
300
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
What is Syntax
300
This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.
What is Rhetorical Modes
300
one of the major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms.
What is Prose
400
Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.
What is Figurative Language
400
It refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. This can involve, but is not limited to, repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal phrase.
What is Parallelism
400
From the Greek meaning “to tear flesh,” it involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.
What is Sarcasm
400
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Regardless of whether or not the work aims to reform human behavior, it is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing.
What is Satire
400
From the Greek for “reckoning together,” a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called “major” and the second called “minor”) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.
What is Syllogism
500
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.
What is Allegory
500
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
What is Analogy
500
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer.
What is Apostrophe
500
The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.
What is Conbnotation
500
a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept
What is Euphemism