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What does that mean?
Synonyms
Antonyms
100
A mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing.
What is allusion?
100
The author wrote the ______ in the beginning of the novel.
What is prologue?
100
Euphemism
A substitution for an expression thought to be offensive or harsh.
100
Model, representative, prototype
Archetype
100
Exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
Understatement
200
The repeating of accented vowels in a group of words.
What is assonance?
200
The author's ______ made me want to read the next book.
What is epilogue?
200
Hubris
Excessive pride or self confidence.
200
Meaning, definition, signification
Denotation
200
Fact, history, narrative
Allegory
300
A word intended to carry a certain effect.
What is diction?
300
The superhero's _____ prevented him from saving the world.
What is nemesis?
300
Syllepsis
A figure of speech where a part is used for the whole or vise-versa.
300
Frustrate, obstruct, smash
Foil
300
Discord, difference
Consonance
400
When words in a statement contradict each other.
What is paradox?
400
The murder was a great _____.
What is tragedy?
400
Caesura
A break in the middle of a verse.
400
Conceit, pride, haughtiness
Hubris
500
The arrangement of words in a sentence.
What is syntax?
500
The ______ of non-violence is self defense.
What is antithesis?
500
Hyperbaton
The use of a word order other than the expected one, especially used for emphesis.
500
Hint, suggestion, implication
Connotation