The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words.
What is alliteration?
100
the writer's word choices
What is diction?
100
Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning
What is figurative language?
100
The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence or grammatical pattern
What is repetition?
100
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
What is syntax?
200
a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event
What is anecdote?
200
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb
What is clause?
200
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what actually is true.
What is irony?
200
Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity
What is parallelism?
200
A word group that contains both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone.
What is a subordinate clause?
300
the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
What is antecedent?
300
The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.
What is colloquialism?
300
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole?
300
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.
What is a loose sentence?
300
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule
What is satire?
400
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines
What is anaphora?
400
Figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into parts or details and may include a listing of causes, effects, etc.
What is enumeratio?
400
When two words, phrases, images, ideas, are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
400
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity
What is paradox?
400
The ironic minimizing of fact; presenting something as less significant than it is.
What is understatement?
500
figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure
What is antithesis?
500
A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words.
What is chiasmus?
500
Figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is asked and then answered, often at length; raising and responding to one's own questioning.
What is hypophora?
500
A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite; it's a special form of understatement, where the surface denial serves to reinforce the underlying assertion e.g. "He's no fool."
What is litotes?
500
A type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole e.g. "head of cattle" = whole cow