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The Basics
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A brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying
What is an epigram?
100
Repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words
What is alliteration?
100
Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast
What is juxtaposition?
100
Applied meaning
What is connotation?
100
The time, place, and environment in which action takes place
What is setting?
200
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
What is an epiphany?
200
Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds found within or at the end of words or phrases
What is assonance?
200
An expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined
What is oxymoron?
200
Word choice
What is diction?
200
The presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work
What is foreshadowing?
300
A saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work
What is an epigraph?
300
KERPLUNK!
What is onomatopoeia?
300
An apparently contradictory statement that actually contain some truth (e.g. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.")
What is a paradox?
300
Sentence structure
What is syntax?
300
A conclusion one draws based on premises or evidence
What is an inference?
400
An inscription on a tombstone or burial place
What is an epitaph?
400
Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the ends of words in a phrase or sentence.
What is consonance?
400
A statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced (e.g. "To be or not to be")
What is antithesis?
400
Harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
What is sarcasm?
400
Painting pictures with words
What is imagery?
500
A term used to point out a characteristic of a person
What is an epithet?
500
Harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds
What is dissonance?
500
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
What is analogy?
500
A play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings
What is a pun?
500
A direct comparison of two unlike things
What is metaphor?