Figurative Language
Exaggeration
Emotional/Ethics
Wordplay
A's
100

Isn't a dictionary just a treasure map leading to the buried meaning?

What is Metaphor


100

I swear the work I had on my desk stacked to the ceiling.

What is Hyperbole


100

9/10 doctors recommend the product.

What is Ethos

100

Although he had a photographic memory, it never quite developed.

What is a Pun

100
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.

What is Alliteration

200

Isn't a definition like a border, marking where a words meaning starts and ends?


What is Simile

200

I mean I guess your not the ugliest person I've ever seen.

What are Litotes

200

If you don't donate to the organization, all the puppies are going to die.

What is Pathos

200

"O great, just what we need, another tardy student!"

What is Sarcasm

200

This is big-like life changing big.

What is Amplification

300

If words are paper, isn't a definition the glue that holds it together?

What is an Analogy

300

That marathon had me a little winded by the end.

What is an Understatement

300

Do you really want a mayor who kicks puppies for fun?

What is Logos?

300

Youth is wasted on the young.

What is a Paradox

300

I'm going to eat the pizza, I'm going to eat the pie, I'm going to eat the pasta, I'm going to eat the fries.

What is Anaphora

400
The man gave life and inspiration to the words he was speaking.

What is Personification

400

Although she loved cats, they were her biggest allergies.

What is Irony

400

If definitions are subjective to interpretation, is anything truly right or wrong?

What is Moral Relativism

400
"Ask not what you're country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

What is Rhetorical Reversal

400

Actions speak louder than words.

What is Aphorism

500

The key was truly the door to a new world.

What is Symbolism

500

Although he says he's an environmentalist, he hates to recycle.

What is Contradiction

500

If scholars argue definitions, how can we certainly claim anything.

What is Appeal to Authority

500

That boy is buzzing like a bee right now.

What is Alliteration

500

Live, laugh love.

What is Asyndenton