figures of speech

Question 1

paranomasia

Answer 1

the word that have multiple meanings or sound alike (denial aint the river in egypt)

Question 2

double entandre

Answer 2

phrase understood two ways, mostly sexual

Question 3

zeugma

Answer 3

same word joins two parts of a sentence, literally and metaforically

Question 4

apostrophe

Answer 4

sudden turn from the audience to adress a person or something, usually absent (death, be not proud)

Question 5

exclamation

Answer 5

sudden turn from the audience but not a direct adress (my love sprung only from my hate)

Question 6

retorical question

Answer 6

no answer is required

Question 7

oxymoron

Answer 7

descriptive phrase combing two terms that seem mutually exclusive

Question 8

paradox

Answer 8

an apparently contradictory (no news is good news)

Question 9

hyperbole

Answer 9

exaggeration (haven’t seen you in ages)

Question 10

meiosis

Answer 10

degrading epithet, belittlement

Question 11

litotes

Answer 11

denying the opposite (not very clever)

Question 12

irony

Answer 12

conveying the opposite meaning of the literal definition

Question 13

sarcasm

Answer 13

heavy verbal irony, mocking

Question 14

euphemism

Answer 14

substitution of something offensive for non-offensive ( he passed away)

Question 15

periphrasis

Answer 15

replacement of a single word by several which together have the same meaning

Question 16

allusion

Answer 16

a short informal reference

Question 17

synestesia

Answer 17

using one sense to provoke another

Question 18

parallelism

Answer 18

similarity of structure (I went, I talked, i slept and went)

Question 19

antithesis

Answer 19

contrasting relationship between two ideas

Question 20

climax

Answer 20

arrangement of words in order to create a power

Question 21

anti-climax

Answer 21

building is cut before reaching the climax

Question 22

pleonasm/tavtology

Answer 22

the same idea is repeated (our bar isn’t open now because it is closed)

Question 23

hyperbation

Answer 23

inversion of customary word order

Question 24

epizeuxis

Answer 24

immediate repetition

Question 25

anaphora

Answer 25

repetition at the begining

Question 26

epiphora

Answer 26

repetition at the end

Question 27

symploche

Answer 27

combination of anaphora and epiphora

Question 28

epanalepsis

Answer 28

repetition at the beginning and at the end

Question 29

anadiplosis

Answer 29

repetition of the last word at the beginning of the next

Question 30

polyptoton

Answer 30

repetition of the word derivated from the same root

Question 31

chiasmus

Answer 31

the idea in a reverse order

Question 32

refrain

Answer 32

repetition of a phrase

Question 33

polysyndeton

Answer 33

repetition of the conjunctions

Question 34

asyndeton

Answer 34

lack of conjunctions

Question 35

aposiopesis

Answer 35

deletion of an important word

Question 36

ellipsis

Answer 36

words left out on purpose

Question 37

paralipsis

Answer 37

the impression that something is skipped but in fact it is not

Question 38

alliteration

Answer 38

repetition of initial consonant or vowels ( Big Bang)

Question 39

consonance

Answer 39

repetition within two words (The string is strong)

Question 40

assonance

Answer 40

repetition of vowel sounds ( hot-dog, not-wrong)

Question 41

onomatopoeia

Answer 41

animal natural sounds

Question 42

enjambment

Answer 42

a part that carries on to the next line

Question 43

caesura

Answer 43

a short pause in a metric line due to punctuation

Question 44

epithet

Answer 44

non common adjective to a certain noun

Question 45

synecdoche

Answer 45

substitution of quantities or numbers

Question 46

anatomasia

Answer 46

substitution of a common and proper name (a real Mozart, a philosopher)

Question 47

the word that have multiple meanings or sound alike (denial aint the river in egypt)

Answer 47

paranomasia

Question 48

phrase understood two ways, mostly sexual

Answer 48

double entandre

Question 49

same word joins two parts of a sentence, literally and metaforically

Answer 49

zeugma

Question 50

sudden turn from the audience to adress a person or something, usually absent (death, be not proud)

Answer 50

apostrophe

Question 51

sudden turn from the audience but not a direct adress (my love sprung only from my hate)

Answer 51

exclamation

Question 52

no answer is required

Answer 52

retorical question

Question 53

descriptive phrase combing two terms that seem mutually exclusive

Answer 53

oxymoron

Question 54

an apparently contradictory (no news is good news)

Answer 54

paradox

Question 55

exaggeration (haven't seen you in ages)

Answer 55

hyperbole

Question 56

degrading epithet, belittlement

Answer 56

meiosis

Question 57

denying the opposite (not very clever)

Answer 57

litotes

Question 58

conveying the opposite meaning of the literal definition

Answer 58

irony

Question 59

heavy verbal irony, mocking

Answer 59

sarcasm

Question 60

substitution of something offensive for non-offensive ( he passed away)

Answer 60

euphemism

Question 61

replacement of a single word by several which together have the same meaning

Answer 61

periphrasis

Question 62

a short informal reference

Answer 62

allusion

Question 63

using one sense to provoke another

Answer 63

synestesia

Question 64

similarity of structure (I went, I talked, i slept and went)

Answer 64

parallelism

Question 65

contrasting relationship between two ideas

Answer 65

antithesis

Question 66

arrangement of words in order to create a power

Answer 66

climax

Question 67

building is cut before reaching the climax

Answer 67

anti-climax

Question 68

the same idea is repeated (our bar isn't open now because it is closed)

Answer 68

pleonasm/tavtology

Question 69

inversion of customary word order

Answer 69

hyperbation

Question 70

immediate repetition

Answer 70

epizeuxis

Question 71

repetition at the begining

Answer 71

anaphora

Question 72

repetition at the end

Answer 72

epiphora

Question 73

combination of anaphora and epiphora

Answer 73

symploche

Question 74

repetition at the beginning and at the end

Answer 74

epanalepsis

Question 75

repetition of the last word at the beginning of the next

Answer 75

anadiplosis

Question 76

repetition of the word derivated from the same root

Answer 76

polyptoton

Question 77

the idea in a reverse order

Answer 77

chiasmus

Question 78

repetition of a phrase

Answer 78

refrain

Question 79

repetition of the conjunctions

Answer 79

polysyndeton

Question 80

lack of conjunctions

Answer 80

asyndeton

Question 81

deletion of an important word

Answer 81

aposiopesis

Question 82

words left out on purpose

Answer 82

ellipsis

Question 83

the impression that something is skipped but in fact it is not

Answer 83

paralipsis

Question 84

repetition of initial consonant or vowels ( Big Bang)

Answer 84

alliteration

Question 85

repetition within two words (The string is strong)

Answer 85

consonance

Question 86

repetition of vowel sounds ( hot-dog, not-wrong)

Answer 86

assonance

Question 87

animal natural sounds

Answer 87

onomatopoeia

Question 88

a part that carries on to the next line

Answer 88

enjambment

Question 89

a short pause in a metric line due to punctuation

Answer 89

caesura

Question 90

non common adjective to a certain noun

Answer 90

epithet

Question 91

substitution of quantities or numbers

Answer 91

synecdoche

Question 92

substitution of a common and proper name (a real Mozart, a philosopher)

Answer 92

anatomasia