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What is the definition of tautology?
What is the definition of tautology?
Tautology is the repetition of the same fact or idea in different words.
What is the purpose of using onomatopoeia in literature?
What is the purpose of using onomatopoeia in literature?
The purpose of using onomatopoeia in literature is to imitate sounds and make the writing more expressive.
Give an example of an onomatopoeic word related to water.
Give an example of an onomatopoeic word related to water.
Splash is an example of an onomatopoeic word related to water.
What is the definition of circumlocution?
What is the definition of circumlocution?
Give an example of circumlocution from the text.
Give an example of circumlocution from the text.
What is the definition of transferred epithets?
What is the definition of transferred epithets?
Give an example of a transferred epithet.
Give an example of a transferred epithet.
What is the purpose of using antithesis in writing?
What is the purpose of using antithesis in writing?
Give an example of an antithesis from the text.
Give an example of an antithesis from the text.
What is the definition of pleonasm?
What is the definition of pleonasm?
What is the purpose of a simile in literature?
What is the purpose of a simile in literature?
How does a metaphor differ from a simile?
How does a metaphor differ from a simile?
What is personification in literature?
What is personification in literature?
How does irony differ from sarcasm?
How does irony differ from sarcasm?
What is the purpose of using hyperbole in writing?
What is the purpose of using hyperbole in writing?
What is a paradox in literature?
What is a paradox in literature?
What are the four types of irony?
What are the four types of irony?
Give an example of verbal irony from the text.
Give an example of verbal irony from the text.
What is the purpose of using a paradox in writing?
What is the purpose of using a paradox in writing?
What is the main difference between a metaphor and a simile?
What is the main difference between a metaphor and a simile?
What is an oxymoron and how does it differ from a paradox?
What is an oxymoron and how does it differ from a paradox?
Give an example of an oxymoron from the text.
Give an example of an oxymoron from the text.
What is a pun and what are its characteristics?
What is a pun and what are its characteristics?
Provide an example of a pun from the text.
Provide an example of a pun from the text.
What is synecdoche and how does it enhance understanding?
What is synecdoche and how does it enhance understanding?
Give an example of synecdoche from the text.
Give an example of synecdoche from the text.
What is metonymy and how does it differ from synecdoche?
What is metonymy and how does it differ from synecdoche?
Provide an example of metonymy from the text.
Provide an example of metonymy from the text.
What is euphemism and how does it transform unpleasant language?
What is euphemism and how does it transform unpleasant language?
Give an example of euphemism from the text.
Give an example of euphemism from the text.
Which literary device is used to express a fact or idea in an indirect or roundabout way?
Which literary device is used to express a fact or idea in an indirect or roundabout way?
What is the term for the repetition of the same fact or idea in different words?
What is the term for the repetition of the same fact or idea in different words?
Which rhetorical mode is used to affirm or deny something more strongly than ordinary language?
Which rhetorical mode is used to affirm or deny something more strongly than ordinary language?
What is the term for the mimicry of sounds using words?
What is the term for the mimicry of sounds using words?
Which literary device involves a striking opposition or contrast of words in the same sentence?
Which literary device involves a striking opposition or contrast of words in the same sentence?
What is the term for the transfer of a description (adjective) to a noun?
What is the term for the transfer of a description (adjective) to a noun?
Which literary device repeats the same fact or idea in different words?
Which literary device repeats the same fact or idea in different words?
What is the term for the use of words to imitate sounds?
What is the term for the use of words to imitate sounds?
Which literary device involves the use of verbose words or talking in circles?
Which literary device involves the use of verbose words or talking in circles?
What is the term for the transfer of a description (adjective) to a person or a thing?
What is the term for the transfer of a description (adjective) to a person or a thing?
Which figure of speech is a play on the various meanings of a word and often sounds funny?
Which figure of speech is a play on the various meanings of a word and often sounds funny?
Which figure of speech uses a part to illustrate the whole?
Which figure of speech uses a part to illustrate the whole?
Which figure of speech serves as a substitute of the thing named for the thing meant?
Which figure of speech serves as a substitute of the thing named for the thing meant?
Which figure of speech puts unpleasant and disagreeable things in an agreeable and pleasant form?
Which figure of speech puts unpleasant and disagreeable things in an agreeable and pleasant form?
Which figure of speech uses two consecutive words that begin with the same consonant sound?
Which figure of speech uses two consecutive words that begin with the same consonant sound?
Which figure of speech couples words that contradict each other to prove a point?
Which figure of speech couples words that contradict each other to prove a point?
Which figure of speech conveys an affirmative by negating the opposite?
Which figure of speech conveys an affirmative by negating the opposite?
Which figure of speech arranges words, phrases, clauses, or ideas in order of increasing importance?
Which figure of speech arranges words, phrases, clauses, or ideas in order of increasing importance?
Which figure of speech signifies the use of words with descent from higher importance to lower importance?
Which figure of speech signifies the use of words with descent from higher importance to lower importance?
Which figure of speech uses words that sound alike but have different meanings?
Which figure of speech uses words that sound alike but have different meanings?
Which literary device uses the words 'like' and 'as' to make a comparison?
Which literary device uses the words 'like' and 'as' to make a comparison?
Which literary device directly states the message without using 'like' or 'as'?
Which literary device directly states the message without using 'like' or 'as'?
Which literary device gives human attributes to objects or abstract notions?
Which literary device gives human attributes to objects or abstract notions?
Which literary device involves deliberate overstatement or exaggeration?
Which literary device involves deliberate overstatement or exaggeration?
Which literary device involves saying the opposite of what is meant, often with hidden intentions?
Which literary device involves saying the opposite of what is meant, often with hidden intentions?
Which literary device uses two striking opposite words in a sentence?
Which literary device uses two striking opposite words in a sentence?
Which literary device is often contradictory and states that 'less is more'?
Which literary device is often contradictory and states that 'less is more'?
Which literary device involves the use of verbal, dramatic, situational, and comic types?
Which literary device involves the use of verbal, dramatic, situational, and comic types?
Which literary device gives human attributes to objects or abstract notions?
Which literary device gives human attributes to objects or abstract notions?
Which literary device involves deliberate overstatement or exaggeration?
Which literary device involves deliberate overstatement or exaggeration?
