A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
What is an oxymoron?
100
Imagery that stimulates the sense of touch
What is tactile imagery?
100
The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
What is an anaphora?
100
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
200
Imagery that stimulates the sense of hearing
What is auditory imagery?
200
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
What is an allusion?
200
Rhymes that come close to rhyming but do not exactly do so (Ex. Years and yours)
What is a slant rhyme?
200
A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect
What is polysyndeton?
200
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (Ex. cuckoo, sizzle)
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Imagery that recreates a feeling of physical action or natural bodily function (like a pulse, a heartbeat, or breathing)
What is kinesthetic imagery?
300
A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect (Ex. “Setting foot on the moon may be a small step for a man but a giant step for mankind.”)
What is an antithesis?
300
A figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun blending together grammatically and logically different ideas (Ex. He lost his temper and his coat.)
What is a zeugma?
300
A stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences
What is epistrophe/epiphora?
300
The quality of being pleasing to the ear, esp. through a harmonious combination of words.
What is euphony?
400
Imagery that stimulates the sense of smell
What is olfactory imagery?
400
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (Ex. "crown" for "royalty")
What is metonymy?
400
Blunt and obvious rhymes that are a single stressed syllable at the very END of a line in poetry (Ex. If your rhyme Everytime Is a chime On a dime)
What is a masculine rhyme?
400
A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect (Ex. “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”)
What is a chiasmus?
400
When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.
(Ex. “MEn sEll thE wEdding bElls.”)
What is assonance?
500
Imagery that stimulates the sense of taste.
What is gustatory imagery?
500
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it.
What is synecdoche?
500
A "weaker" rhyme matching two or more syllables in which the final syllables are unstressed and do not usually come at the end (Ex. It's curvy And nervy. Its measure Is pleasure.)
What is a feminine rhyme?
500
The repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. (Ex. “The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story!”)
What is anadiplosis?
500
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.