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Alliteration
What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
100
Euphemism
What is a mild or indirect word or expression for one too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing?
100
Metaphor
What is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?
100
Pun
What is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings?
200
Analogy
What is a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification?
200
Figurative Meaning
What is departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical?
200
Onomatopoeia
What is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named?
200
Simile
What is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind?
300
Anecdote
What is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person?
300
Hyperbole
What is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?
300
Oxymoron
What is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
300
Situational Irony
What is a type of irony emphasizing that human beings are enmeshed in forces beyond their comprehension and control?
400
Assonance
What is the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables?
400
Idiom
What is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words?
400
Paradox
What is a statement or proposition that, despite sound, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless?
400
Symbol
What is a thing that represents or stands for something else; a material object representing something abstract.
500
Dramatic Irony
What is irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play?
500
Imagery
What is visually descriptive or figurative language?
500
Personification
What is a figure intended to represent an abstract quality?
500
Verbal Irony
What is a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant?