Extended Language Techniques #3

Question 1

Term

Answer 1

Definition

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

A narrative with a deeper meaning, often moral or political.

Question 3

Pun

Answer 3

A play on words, often for humorous effect.

Question 4

Paradox

Answer 4

A seemingly contradictory statement that reveals a truth.

Question 5

Aphorism

Answer 5

A concise, wise statement or observation.

Question 6

Epigram

Answer 6

A witty, often paradoxical remark.

Question 7

Synesthesia

Answer 7

Blending of sensory experiences.

Question 8

Anachronism

Answer 8

Something out of place in time.

Question 9

In Media Res

Answer 9

Starting a narrative in the middle of the action.

Question 10

Bildungsroman

Answer 10

A coming-of-age story.

Question 11

Satire

Answer 11

Use of humour, irony, or ridicule to criticise social issues.

Question 12

Understatement

Answer 12

Deliberately presenting something as less significant than it is.

Question 13

Litotes

Answer 13

An understatement using double negatives or a negative to express a positive.

Question 14

Chiasmus

Answer 14

A structure in which words are repeated in reverse order.

Question 15

Polyptoton

Answer 15

Repetition of words derived from the same root.

Question 16

Parallelism

Answer 16

Repetition of grammatical structure.

Question 17

Metonymy

Answer 17

Substituting the name of one object for another related object.

Question 18

Synecdoche

Answer 18

A part representing the whole, or vice versa.

Question 19

Antimetabole

Answer 19

Repeating words in reverse order for emphasis.

Question 20

Apostrophe

Answer 20

Addressing someone absent or something non-human as if it were present.

Question 21

Conceit

Answer 21

An extended metaphor with complex logic.

Question 22

Epizeuxis

Answer 22

Repetition of a word for emphasis.

Question 23

Hypophora

Answer 23

Asking a question and immediately answering it.

Question 24

Litany

Answer 24

A repetitive list or catalogue.

Question 25

Hyperbaton

Answer 25

Inversion of normal word order.

Question 26

Anadiplosis

Answer 26

Repetition of the last word of a sentence at the beginning of the next.