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| the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group |
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| a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
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divided feelings
"I'm ambivalent about which movie to see." |
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| a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical. |
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| a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation |
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| on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction |
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| a word used in construction with and preceding certain forms of other verbs, as infinitives or participles, to express distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, etc., |
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| a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases |
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| characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. |
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| an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc. |
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| going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial |
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| distrusting or disparaging the motives of others. |
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| characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. |
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| a false belief or opinion |
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| style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
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| intended for instruction; instructive |
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| a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing. |
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| tending to belittle or bring reproach upon |
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| deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive |
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| an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity |
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| the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt |
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| exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive |
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| To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage. |
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| obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
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| intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil |
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| indicating or showing unbelief |
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| feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base |
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| the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
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| given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious |
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| using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic |
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| understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.” |
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| generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness |
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| a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” |
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| air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc. |
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| To put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; bewilder. |
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| intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat" |
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| A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist. |
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a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
2. a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like. |
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| A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking. |
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| The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases. |
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| the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea. |
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| to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward: a professor who patronizes his students. |
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| lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech. |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. |
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| a flat, dull, or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound. |
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| The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect, as in the phrase here and there and everywhere. |
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| to adopt an attitude or take an official position on (a matter): The company postured that the court's ruling could be interpreted as being in its favor. |
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| Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical. |
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an owner or proprietor.
belonging or controlled as property. |
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| Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified. |
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| a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as “What is so rare as a day in June?” |
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| characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin. |
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| descriptions that use all of the senses to help a reader understand |
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A simile is a comparison of two unlike things, typically marked by use of "like", "as"
or "than". Examples include "the snow was as thick as a blanket", |
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"conclusion", "inference"
a kind of logical argument in which one proposition is inferred from two others |
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| applied use of any known representations, (symbols), which carry particular conventional meanings. |
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term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing
The use of synecdoche is a common way to emphasize an important aspect of a fictional character; for example, a character might be consistently described by a single body part, such as the eyes, which comes to represent the character |
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| a form of speech in which a lesser expression is used than what would be expected |
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Full of wishful yearning.
Pensively sad; melancholy. |
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Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.
Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure: made a wry face. |
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