Deck 1

Question 0

Two unlike things compared directly, implying several similar qualities, such as “The river is a snake which coils on itself .”

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Metaphor

Question 1

A comparison of two things, alike in certain aspects – a simile is an expressed analogy; a metaphor is an implied one.

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Analogy

Question 2

Two unlike things compared using “like” or “as,” implying only one similar quality, such as “The man paced like a hungry lion.”

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Simile

Question 3

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or non-human creatures, such as “The trees danced in the breeze.”

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Personification

Question 4

Addressing some abstract object as if it were animate, such as “O world! Tell me thy pain!” Thus, it is a kind of personification.

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Apostrophe

Question 5

Referring metaphorically to persons, places or things from history or previous literature, with which the reader is expected to have enough familiarity to make extended associations, such as “The new kid is as mean as Grendel and twice as ugly” or “He must think he’s some kind of Superman.”

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Allusion

Question 6

A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself, such as Everyman. Special kinds of allegories include the fable and the parable.

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Allegory

Question 7

An extended or elaborate metaphor which forms the framework of an entire poem with all comparisons being interrelated in some way, such as “What Is Our Life?” by Raleigh.

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Conceit

Question 8

The use of one object to represent or suggest another object or an idea. Thus, a rose might be used to symbolize the loved one or love in general, depending on the context.

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Symbolism

Question 9

Substitution of one word for another closely related word, such as “The pot’s boiling” or “The White House announced.”

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Metonymy

Question 10

Substitution of part for the whole, such as “All hands on deck.”

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Synechdoche

Question 11

Substitution of one sensory response for another (or the concurrent stimulation of several senses), such as “a blue note” or “cool green” or “The blind man turned his face to feel the sun.”

Answer 11

Synesthesia

Question 12

Saying more than is true, an over-exaggeration, such as “He wore his fingers to the bone.”

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Hyperbole

Question 13

Saying less than is true, an under-exaggeration, such as “The reports of my death have been exaggerated.”

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Meiosis

Question 14

Saying the opposite to what is true, such as “War is kind.”

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Irony

Question 15

Using contrasts for an accumulative effect, such as “Man proposes; God disposes.”

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Antithesis

Question 16

An antithesis which brings together two sharply contradictory terms, such as “wise fool,” “little big man,” “eloquent silence,” and “loving hate.”

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Oxymoron

Question 17

A form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite, such as “He was not unmindful” which actually means he was mindful.

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Litotes

Question 18

A statement which while seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well- founded or true; a “logic twist,” such as “Everything I say is a lie.”

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Paradox

Question 19

A play on words based on the similarity of sound between two words with different meanings, such as “She offered her honor; he honored her offer; and all night long he was on her and off her.”

Answer 19

Pun

Question 20

A word concocted for deliberate effect, such as “slithy” from “lithe” and “slimy,” “frumious” from “fuming” and “furious.” Some such words actually become a part of the language, such as “smog,” “brunch,” or “motel.” Sometimes called a coined word or a portmanteau word.

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Neologism