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Which terminology does this example represent? “Tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame.”
Paranomasia
100
Which terminology does this example represent? water plops into pond splish-splash downhill warbling magpies in tree trilling, melodic thrill
Onomatopoeia
100
Which terminology does this example represent? Viola: Save thee, friend, and thy music! Dost thou live by thy tabour? Clown: No, sir, I live by the church. Viola: Art thou a churchman? Clown: No such matter, sir: I do live by the church; for I do live at my house, and my house doth stand by the church.
Antanaclasis
100
Which terminology does this example represent? Passed away instead of died. Correctional facility instead of jail. On the streets instead of homeless.
Euphemism
100
Which terminology does this example represent? On a starry winter night in Portugal Where the ocean kissed the southern shore There a dream I never thought would come to pass Came and went like time spent through an hourglass -Teena Marie, “Portuguese Love”
Imagery
200
Which terminology does this example represent? "I finally told Ross, late in the summer, that I was losing weight, my grip, and possibly my mind."
Syllepsis
200
Which terminology does this example represent? “I was within a hair’s-breadth of the last opportunity for pronouncement, and I found with humiliation that probably I would have nothing to say”
Periphrasis
200
Which terminology represent this example? Santa’s helpers are known as subordinate Clauses.
Puns
200
Which terminology does this example represent? I’ve told you a million times I’m so hungry I could eat a horse He is as skinny as a toothpick.
Hyperbole
200
Which terminology does this example represent? The alarm clock yells at me every morning. The waves kissed the shore
Personification
300
Which terminology does this example represent? Go safe. Explanation: 'safe' instead of 'safely'.
Anthimeria
300
Which terminology does this example represent? Let me give you a hand. Explanation: Hand means help.
Metonymy
300
Which terminology does this example represent? " He tried to make the law, clear, precise and equitable."
Parallelism
300
Which terminology does this example represent? All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others. (society) I’m nobody You can save money by spending it
Paradox
300
Which terminology does this example represent? As a child, I was very happy. My parents took me on vacation often and always took good care of me.
Reminiscence
400
Which terminology does this example represent? New York is not an ordinary city. You are not doing badly at all.
Litotes
400
Which terminology does this example represent? The term “coke” is a common synecdoche for all carbonated drinks.
synecdoche
400
Which terminology does this example represent? Even the weather seems to mock me in my hour of misery. The merciless rain poured on my head as I walked home alone with my arms crossed and my head down.
Mood
400
Which terminology does this example represent? “Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.”
Apostrophe
400
Which terminology does this example represent? The poor people were persistent. "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences"
Sarcasm
500
Which terminology does this example represent? Mike was the best candidate for president, because he was totally better than any of the others.
circular reasoning
500
Which terminology does this example represent? Labor and care are rewarded with success, success produces confidence, confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which diligence had raised.
Anadiplosis
500
Which terminology does this example represent? “Deserts are sometimes hot, dry and sandy” while describing deserts of the world.
understatement
500
Which terminology does this example represent? The necklace was a symbol of his love.
Symbolism
500
Which terminology does this example represent? The poor people were persistent. "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences"
Alliteration