Lit Figure of speech

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

a direct/indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known.

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

a similarity or comparison btw 2 different thing or the relationship btw them

Question 3

Asyndeton

Answer 3

Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.

Question 5

Anecdote

Answer 5

a short simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect to make a point

Question 6

Antithesis

Answer 6

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases

Question 7

Chiasmus

Answer 7

a syntactical structure by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second.

Question 8

Cumulative

loose sentence

Answer 8

the main idea comes first

Question 9

Euphemism

Answer 9

the substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, often for comic effect

Question 11

Irony

Answer 11

the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

Question 12

Juxtaposition

Answer 12

placement of two things side by side for emphasis

Question 13

Litotes

Answer 13

an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, using the expression “not too bad” for “very good”

Question 14

Metonymy

Answer 14

one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side

Question 16

Paradox

Answer 16

a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true

Question 17

Parody

Answer 17

a work that imitates the style/content of another to make a point, distorting the original

Question 18

Periodic Sentence

Answer 18

main clause at the end

Question 19

Personification

Answer 19

an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human quality

Question 20

Polysyndeton

Answer 20

a sentence which uses ‘and’ or conjunctions to separate the items in a series without using commas

Question 21

Synecdoche

Answer 21

a part is used to represent a whole bunch

Question 22

Understatement

Answer 22

the speaker intentionally makes a situation seem less important than it really is

Question 23

Zeugma

Answer 23

in a sentence “John lost his coat and his temper”, the verb “lost” applies to both noun “coat” and “temper.” one word governs two or more words in sentence.

Question 24

Didactic

Answer 24

works having primary aim of teaching/ instructing