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| 15259291838 | Allusion | a casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification. Allusions can originate in mythology, biblical references, historical events, legends, geography, or earlier literary works | 0 | |
| 15259331205 | Anaphra | a form of parallel structure. In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the beginning of successive clauses in order to achieve an artistic effect e.g 1) I live, I love, I laugh 2) everyday, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better | 1 | |
| 15338665553 | Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect e.g the operation of a computer, in many ways, is similar to the working of the brain | 2 | |
| 15338725254 | Parenthetical sentences | a parenthetical statement is one that explains or qualifies something. You can call such a statement a parenthetical, (especially when it's parentheses) e.g 1) once upon a time, my father ate a muffin | 3 | |
| 15338838003 | Zeugma | a figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence. A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses. e.g. Star Trek: the next generation: "you are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit." In this sentence, the word "execute" applies to both laws and citizens, and as a results, has a shocking effect. | 4 | |
| 15338903027 | Exclamation | often an abrupt or excited utterance! could reflect excitement, anger or pain e.g we as a people will reach the promised land! | 5 | |
| 15338955467 | metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. We can come across examples of metonymy both from literature and in everyday life e.g 1. England decides to keep check on immigration (England represents the government) 2. the suits were at meeting (the suits stand for business people) 3. The pen is mightier than the sword (pen refers to written words and sword to military force) 4. the Oval Office was busy in work ("the Oval Office" is a metonymy as it stands for people at work in the office) 5. let me give you a hand (hand means help) | 6 | |
| 15341866140 | Litotes | another term for deliberate understatement e.g. saying "I was not a little upset" when you mean "I was very upset" is an example of litotes -"well, he's not exactly pauper" -"she'll never be a beauty queen-she's really ugly" | 7 | |
| 15341911820 | Antithesis | two opposite ideas put together to achieve a contrasting effect e.g "a small step for man, a giant step for mankind" 2. "man proposes, God disposes" 3. "love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing" | 8 | |
| 15341940350 | Apostrophe | the act of addressing some abstraction or inanimate object that is not physically present. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH PERSONIFICATION e.g dagger scene from Macbeth | 9 | |
| 15341968861 | Paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth e.g "good cannot exist without evil" 2. "your enemy's friend is your enemy" 3. "save money by spending it" | 10 | |
| 15342010201 | Imperative | an authoritative command e.g "Go now! live your life! (think of latin) | 11 |
