What is a two succesive words seemingly contradict each other.
large shrimp
What is oxymoron
100
The repetition at close intervals of the initial consonant sound of accented syllables or important words.
ex: The wicked witch of the west.
What is alliteration
100
The writers speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning of a work.
What is tone
100
the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.
What is ryhme scheme
100
in literature refers the step by step process wherein an author introduces and then describes a character.
What is Characterization
200
What is a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
"love is the antithesis of selfishness"
What is antithesis
200
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).
What is assonance
200
Having or showing strong opinions about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior
What is moralistic
200
Figure of speech containing two phrases that are parallel but inverted to each other.
Example:
You can take the patriot out of the country but you cannot take the country out of the patriot.
What is chiasmus
200
discord that can have external aggressors or can even arise from within the self. It can occur when the subject is battling his inner discord, at odds with his surroundings or it may be pitted against others in the story.
What is conflict
300
What is the use of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together hold significant value on several levels.
What is paradox
300
What is the use of words that have the same or very similar vowel sounds near one another (as in “summer fun” and “rise high in the bright sky”)
What is assonance
300
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
What is adage
300
What is refers to repetition of sounds in quick succession produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. The repetitive sound is often found at the end of a word.
Example:
He struck a streak of bad luck.
What is consonance
300
Figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference. It is up to the reader to make a connection to the subject being mentioned.
What is allusion
400
What is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point, rather than to elicit an answer.
What is rhetorical question
400
What is omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses (as in “I came, I saw, I conquered”)
What is asyndenton
400
to cause (someone) to be confused and often also somewhat amused
What is bemused
400
Are adages aimed at imparting sense and wisdom. Example:
Upon seeing the shoddy work done by the employee the boss told him to “either shape up or ship out”.
What is aphorisms
400
The base topic or focus that acts as a foundation for the entire literary piece
What is theme
500
What is In poetry it is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs-over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation.
What is enjabment
500
concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
What is pedantic
500
A statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.