Terms

Question 1

Analogy

Answer 1

An extended comparison between two things, often used to explain a complex idea by relating it to a simpler one.

Question 2

Synecdoche

Answer 2

A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.

Question 3

Metonymy

Answer 3

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

Question 4

Allegory

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An extended metaphor in which characters, events, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Question 6

Assonance

Answer 6

The repetition of vowel sounds within words.

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Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.

Question 8

Metaphor

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An implied comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”

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Simile

Answer 9

A direct comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as.”

Question 10

Rhyme

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The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs.

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

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Understatement (Litotes)

Answer 12

Deliberately making something seem less important or significant than it is.

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Irony

Answer 13

A contrast between what is said and what is meant (verbal irony), what is expected and what occurs (situational irony), or what a character knows and what the audience knows (dramatic irony).

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Paradox

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A statement that seems self-contradictory but may contain a deeper truth.

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side by side.

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

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Epistrophe

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

Question 18

Antithesis

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The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in parallel structure.

Question 19

Chiasmus

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A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases.

Question 20

Parallelism

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The use of similar grammatical structures to express related ideas.

Question 21

Asyndeton

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The omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.

Question 22

Polysyndeton

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The use of many conjunctions.

Question 23

Climax

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The arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in order of increasing importance or intensity.

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Rhetorical Question

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A question asked for effect, not requiring an answer.

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Apostrophe

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Addressing an absent person, an inanimate object, or an abstract idea as if it were present and capable of understanding.

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Euphemism

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A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.

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Anachronism

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The placing of a person, thing, or event in a time where it does not belong.

Question 28

Aphorism

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A concise statement of a general truth or principle.