What is the Term?
A direct comparison
What is metaphor
Hyperbole
What is an extreme exaggeration.
Pretty Ugly.
What is 'oxymoron'
Why do I even bother to clean the dishes when you just dirty them again?
What is 'rhetorical question'?
An INDIRECT comparrison
What is simile
Anaphora
To my dog, our neighbourhood park is Eden
'Tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace, from day to day, 'til our last syllable of recorded time.
What is 'repetition'?
When the opposite of what you expect to happen does indeed happen
What is a short narrative or amusing or interesting quality.
It was the beginning of the end.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
What is 'antithesis'?
A saying or observation that contains a general truth.
What is an Aphorism
Asyndeton
What is the lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
A hurricane isn't the best weather for an outdoor wedding.
If, in my high moments, I have done some good, offered some service, shed some light, healed some wounds, rekindled some hope, then this campaign has not been in vain.
What is 'parallel structure'?
A sentence that expresses two equal and parallel parts
What is a balanced sentence.
Periodic Sentenct
What is a sentence in which the most important part is withheld until the end.
What is 'climactic word order'?
Canada is competing for the gold medal in hockey at the winter olympics.
What is 'synecdoche'?