What is the technique: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
What is antithesis
100
A statement that appears to contradict itself.
What is paradox?
100
Vivid description that appeals to one or more of the senses.
What is imagery?
100
Showing deep feeling
What is fervent?
100
pertaining to or characteristic of an individual
What is subjective?
200
The similarity of structure in a pair of related words, phrases, or clauses
What is parallel structure
200
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by stating its opposite.
"For life's not a paragraph and death, I think, is no parenthesis."
What is litotes?
200
The substitution of an offensive word for one considered inoffensive.
What is euphenism.
200
particular, oversensitive
What is fastidious?
200
to form by combining parts.
What is synthesis?
300
Jumbo shrimp is an example of:
What is oxymoron
300
What is the technique?
"I used to have a teacher I liked who used to say that good fiction's job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
What is chiasmus?
300
A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.
What is rhetorical question.
300
disrespectful or insolent.
What is impertinent?
300
serving to explain
What is expository?
400
A figure of speech in which one word or phrases is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty.")
What is metonymy
400
Denunciatory speech or abusive language.
What is invective
400
The arrangement of words in a sentence.
What is syntax?
400
to grant or bestow.
What is confer?
400
NASA is an?
What is acronym
500
A statement that appears to contradict itself
What is a paradox?
500
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for effect.
What is hyperbole
500
A figure of speech in which one part is used to represent the whole.
What is synecdoche?
500
arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief.