Definitions 1
Using gentler words for a harsh concept.
What is euphemism?
This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, found in words that are close to each other.
What is alliteration?
This is the use of words to express something other than, often opposite of the literal meaning.
What is verbal irony?
What is a pun?
"The cabin was not visible, but was present, a sore at my side" is an example of ______.
What is alliteration?
These are words that imitate a natural sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is an exaggerated statement--not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
This is a device that balances two or more clauses against each other by reversal of their structures.
What is chiasmus?
"Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed." is an example of ______.
What is anaphora?
"I nearly died laughing" is an example of _____.
What is a hyperbole?
This is when a non-human object is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
This is a comparison between two unlike objects, using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This technique uses repeated vowel sounds in adjacent words.
What is assonance?
The oval office referring to the president of the United States is an example of this rhetorical term.
What is synecdoche?
What is alliteration and metaphor?
This is a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
What is an allusion?
A word or phrase describing one object as something else to make a comparison.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech where a word or phrase is repeated for a particular effect.
What is anaphora?
"Why are you eating that fruit? So much sugar is bad for you," she said, taking a long drag of her cigarette.
What is situational irony?
"Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail" is an example of ________ and ________.
What is simile and alliteration? *It is also an idiom!
This is an expression that plays on the sound or meaning of a word to imply something else, usually for humorous effect.
What is a pun?
When the audience knows something the character doesn't that is integral to the action.
What is dramatic irony?
This is a figure of speech consisting of using a part to refer to the whole.
What is synecdoche?
"Okay, Casanova, move it along. She's not interested."
What is allusion?
"And, round about his home, the glory That blushed and bloomed" is an example of both _____ and _____.
What is personification and alliteration?