A type of sentence in which the main idea, independent clause followed by a dependent grammatical unit such as phrases and clauses.
What is a loose sentence?
100
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.
What is alliteration?
100
Contradictory term to suggest a paradox.
What is oxymoron?
100
A figure of speech implying a comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other. Suggesting some similarity without using "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
100
This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech or lecture moral or spiritual advice.
What is homily?
200
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
What is analogy?
200
Similar to mood, this describes the authors attitude towards his material, the audience or both.
What is tone?
200
Intellectually amusing language that surprises or delights, usually humourous.
What is wit?
200
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
From the greek for "good speech," they are more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasent word or concept.
What is euphemism?
300
A fanciful expression, usually int he form of anextended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.
What is conceit?
300
the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.
What is imagery?
300
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.
What is irony?
300
A figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole?
300
The duplication, either exact or aproximate, or any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.
What is repetition?
400
One fo the major divisions of genre, this refers to fiction or non-fiction, including all its forms.
What is prose?
400
A metaphor developed at freat length, occuring frequently in or throughout the work.
What is extended metaphor?
400
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
What is parody?
400
A figure of speech that directly adresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
What is apostrophe?
400
An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, economic, or bookish.
What is pedantic?
500
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite.
What is liotes?
500
Related to style, this refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.
What is diction?
500
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
What is satire?
500
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or,ocassionally, the whole is used to represent a part.
What is synecdoche?
500
The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.