Juxtaposition (comparison)

Question 1

Opposite, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction

Answer 1

Antithesis

Question 2

A seemingly contradictory statement which is actually true. This rhetorical device is often used for emphasis or to attract attention to an issue or idea

Answer 2

Paradox

Question 3

The effect of language when the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated (verbal irony) when the audience of the play or the reader of a piece of literature knows something that a character in the work itself doesn’t (dramatic irony)

Answer 3

Irony

Question 4

A person or thing that, by contrast, makes another seem better or more prominent

Answer 4

Foil

Question 5

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons are contrasts

Answer 5

Juxtaposition

Question 6

A literary technique in which two contradictory words come together for special effect

Answer 6

Oxymoron