Schemes and Tropes Definitions

Schemes and Tropes

Antithesis

​A contrast of ideas, words, or sentences--it's basically the opposite of something.

Match

Match the following words with their antithesis

• Expensive

• Villain

• Bountiful

• Argue

• Allow

Cheap

Hero

Desolate

Agree

Forbid

• Cheap

• Hero

• Desolate

• Agree

• Forbid

Parallellism

​A similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

For example: She still had to brush her teeth, comb her hair, and go to bed.

Multiple Choice

Which example best fills the blank to create a parallelism for the following sentence?

Suddenly he opened the desk drawer, __________________, and wrote the letter.

• next he got out a pen

• got out a pen

• rummaged around for a pen

• found a pen that was to his liking

Alliteration

Reptition of consonants in two or more adjacent words.

For example: Allen ate apples all day long.

Assonance

Repetition or similarity of the same internal vowel sounds in words of close proximity

For example: No pain, no gain!

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Drag and drop all examples of assonance below. ​

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Keep your eyes on the prize

The light of the fire is bright

Without pain, we have no progress

The fire light illuminated the space

Anaphora

​Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause or sentence

For example: We are going shopping, we are going to get our nails done, then we will go home.

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Epistrophe

​A figure of speech in which there is repetition of words or phrases at the end of clauses or sentences.

Multiple Choice

Which is the best example to fill in the blank and create an epistrophe?

I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but _________.

• the truth

• actualization of events

• what happened as it happened

Juxtaposition

A contrast or contradiction created by placing two concepts, characters, or places near or next to each other.

For example: A dark, gloomy castle and a Beautiful, light-filled home

Match

Match the following juxtaposition examples with their counterparts

• Night

• Good

• Vice

• Humanity

• War

Day

Evil

Virtue

Technology

Peace

• Day

• Evil

• Virtue

• Technology

• Peace

Metaphor

​A figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as" to make the comparison.

For example: He was a roaring lion on the field.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a metaphor?

• Her eyes were diamonds that sparkled in the light.

• His words were music to her ears.

• This bedroom is a pigsty.

• She was as light as a feather.

Simile

A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" to compare them.

For Example: She was as light as a feather.

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Her hair was like spun gold.

He is as smart as a whip.

He was as cold as ice.

He was a roaring lion on the field.

The engine gave a final protest before it stopped

Hyperbole

Exaggerating something for effect.

For example: I feel like I haven't slept in a million years!

Personification

Giving inanimate objects or ideas human qualities and abilities.

For example: Her idea took off at a sprint!

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an example of personification?

• The stars winked in the midnight sky.

• Sunbeams were as bright as lightning.

• Time marched on.

• The parched soil eagerly swallowed the rain.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a hyperbole?

• I was so hungry I could eat an elephant.

• I was so hungry I and I went home to get a snack.

• I was ridiculously hungry.

Irony

When a word or expression either means the opposite of what it should, or when something is the opposite of what you would expect.

Oxymoron

The combination of terms that are ordinarily contradictory.

For example: False positive

Match

Match the following words together to make an oxymoron

• Sweet

• Alone

• Seriously

• Controlled

• Same

Sorrow

Together

Funny

Chaos

Difference

• Sorrow

• Together

• Funny

• Chaos

• Difference

Paradox

Something that seems to contradict itself but actually has a bit of truth to it or reveals something.

For Example: Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore---it's too crowded.