Definitions
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Kisses are the flowers of affection
What is metaphor?
A doctor is endorsing a medicine.
What is ethos?
the art of persuasion
What is rhetoric?
jumbo shrimp
What is oxymoron?
Exaggerated statements
What is hyperbole?
"I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this little tumor on the brain." The Catcher in the Rye
What is understatement?
A writer cites statistics to make his argument about deforestation.
What is logos?
the wind whistled
What is personification?
word choice
What is diction?
A short and amusing story
What is an anecdote?
The bike couldn't stand on its own because it was too tired.
What is a pun?
Joe Biden frequently mentions his time as Vice President to Obama.
What is ethos?
The sanitation engineer gets the garbage on Mondays.
What is euphemism?
A stone is carved with the following: "Nothing is written in stone."
What is irony?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
"Little lamb, who made thee?"
What is apostrophe?
A commercial showcases sad, lonely children in orphanages in order to solicit donations.
What is pathos?
"She's as headstrong as an allegory" (alligator)
What is malapropism?
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
What is assonance?
A thing belonging or appropriate to another time
What is an anachronism?
A repeated reference or visual of shattered glass (something in life is about to break)
What is motif?
A city council member provides evidence of past collisions in order to argue for the installation of an improved traffic signal.
What is logos?
The witch stretched out to touch the wretched child.
What is consonance?
Lend me a hand.
What is synecdoche?