Figurative Language
Poetic Devices
Rhetorical Devices
Grammar
Potpourri
100
a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. with the help of the words “like” or “as."
What is Simile
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is Alliteration
100
To deliberately leave out the conjunctions between successive clauses
What is Asyndeton
100
a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it
What is an Appositive Phrase
100
A passionate or emotional appeal in argument and rhetoric
What is Pathos
200
a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.
What is Metaphor
200
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is Assonance
200
You list a number of alternatives and then proceed to eliminate all but one of them.
What is Expeditio
200
a phrase that modifies a noun in a sentence, but it is not connected to the sentence by a conjunction
What is an Absolute Phrase
200
secondary meanings, undertones, and implications inherent in a word
What is Connotation
300
a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes
What is Personification
300
Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses
What is Imagery
300
You use more words than are in actual fact absolutely really strictly necessary in order to communicate and make your point effectively and efficiently
What is Pleonasm
300
To depict doable activities or states of being
What are Verbs
300
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is Inference
400
a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect
What is Oxymoron
400
The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is Meter
400
Repetition of one or more words at the head of consecutive phrases, clauses, or sentences
What is Anaphora
400
A dependent clause that describes a person, place, or thing
What is an Adjective Clause
400
Either the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations OR the rhetorical term for a speaker's credibility
What is Ethos
500
derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting,” is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
What is Hyperbole
500
The use of words which imitate sound
What is Onomatopoeia
500
This is the strategy of understatement often employed to provide subtle emphasis, frequently for ironic effect or to underline a passionate opinion
What is Litotes
500
A dependent clause that gives more information about the rest of the sentence
What is an Adverb Clause
500
The Grotesque