“Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,"--Donne
What is Apostrophe?
100
Involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
What is hyperbole?
100
Writers use such expressions intentionally too as it gives their woks a sense of realism. It is the use of informal words, phrases or even slangs in a piece of writing.
What is colloquialism?
100
"In the nick of time"
What is cliche?
200
“One should eat to live, not live to eat.” — Cicero
What is Chiasmus?
200
“John and David are brothers. John likes to eat Pizza and Hamburgers. David likes to eat Pizza. Therefore, one assumes that David also likes to eat Hamburgers.”
What is induction?
200
Stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow.
What is Pathos?
200
A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events
What is allegory?
200
A set of rules in a language, which shows and how different parts of sentence are put together in such an order that it conveys a complete thought.
What is Syntax?
300
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." [William Faulkner]
What is Aphorism?
300
"The earth that’s nature’s mother is her tomb"-Shakespeare
Hint: similar to irony
What is paradox?
300
Asked just for the effects or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected
What is Rhetorical Question?
300
"‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,an
And the mome raths outgrabe." is an example of this kind of language
What is cacophonous? Cacophony
300
Taken from the Latin, which means “against the man”, this kind of argumentation attacks a person who is in opposition; example: political debate
What is Ad Hominem?
400
"A good life depends on a liver." – [liver may be an organ or simply a living person]
What is ambiguity?
400
He is a special child, not retarded.
What is euphemism?
400
“The White House is concerned about terrorism.” The White House here represents the people who work in it
What is Metonymy?
400
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was intended by Edwards to be of this quality; teaching moral lessons
What is didactic?
400
“Mr. Chadband is a large yellow man, with a fat smile, and a general appearance of having a good deal of train oil in his system. Mrs. Chadband is a stern, severe-looking, silent woman." Such description employs the use of this strategy.
What is caricature?
500
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,"
Aside from anaphora and antithesis, Charles Dickens uses this device to set up antithesis.
What is juxtaposition?
500
“Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best.”
What is Ethos?
500
Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter
What is parallelism?
500
Meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly
What is connotation?
500
An error in argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention