Word List 1
She ate and slept and played games and ate and slept and played games.
Polysyndeton
Beautiful Disaster
Oxymoron
"There's a bug in your computer system." The software technician said to me.
Jargon
My History teacher told me to take pain medications for my sore arm.
Appeal to Authority
This refers to a writer's attitude
Tone
Direct Metaphor
What are the 3 types of irony?
Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic
The Tortoise and The Hare
Didactic
You either go to college, or you end up living on the streets.
Either or Fallacy
The girl wrote their words symmetrically in a box
Syntax
What are 3 devices used in these sentences?
We conclude that 8 million people will destroy habitats by the year 2054. If you pass by tree habitats, see the empty logs sitting in the middle. Scientists say humans naturally need essentials, but they destroy habitats for those essentials.
Logos, Imagery, Ethos
The way something stays in its place, but still changes as time goes on.
Paradox
Government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Tricolon
A mother tells her son to go to bed, when asked why, she said it is because it's his bedtime.
Circular Reasoning
The writing is written in its ordinary form
Prose
The moonlight danced on my face as I felt the cool rays hitting me.
Imagery
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
Antithesis
I need to leave the city, I would love to chat with someone, like a distant relative in a different country. Come to think of it, going to Japan sounds pretty good right about now.
Stream of Consciousness
Those who want kids to go to school during the pandemic, must want all the children to get affected and die.
Strawman
A doctor told a patient that the best course of action is to lose weight. The girl responded, saying he was fat and didn't have to listen to him.
Ad Hominem
The suits left the Pentagon after the meeting.
Metonymy
A delicate flower growing in a bloodied battlefield.
Juxtaposition
Not all that can be counted counts, and not all that counts can be counted.
Chiasmus
Wendy's states that it has 100% real beef and that it's nutritious, although burgers are high in calories, sodium, and unhealthy fats.
Card Stacking
I found a large hall, obviously a former garage, dimly lit, and packed with cots.
Loose Sentence