Helpful Examples

Question 1

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Answer 1

personification

Question 2

This term would represent the opposite of an hyperbole.

Answer 2

understatement

Question 3

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.”

Answer 3

paradox

Question 4

This blessed plot, this earth, this real, this England,

This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings…

Answer 4

anaphora

Question 5

“The early bird gets the worm.” a famous phrase from Poor Richard’s Almanac.

Answer 5

adage

Question 6

A pattern of “reasoning” that is invalid because of a flaw in reasoning.

Answer 6

Fallacy (Formal)

Question 7

All of the following are fables, short stories that contain a moral lesson. As such the following titles represent examples of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (one word, singular)
The lion and the mouse
The tortoise and the hare
The city mouse and the country mouse
The fox and the grapes
The grasshopper and the ants
The wolf in sheep’s clothing
The fox and the crow
The little red hen
The hare and his ears
The shepherd and the wolf

Answer 7

allegory

Question 8

y’all, ain’t, can’t, something’…all qualify as this…(no “s”)

Answer 8

colloquial diction

Question 9

“Go ask his name: if he be married,

My grave is like to be my wedding bed.

Answer 9

paradox

Question 10

indicates that the intended meaning is different from the actual meaning.

Answer 10

irony

Question 11

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Answer 11

anastrophe