Author - Elliot Vance

Spoonerism is a form of wordplay in which a speaker swaps the first sounds of two words, as when...

Slippery slope is a logical fallacy in which one step is claimed to set off a chain ending in an...

Situational irony is a literary device in which an action, role, or plan produces the opposite of...

Sibilance is a sound device in which hissing consonant sounds such as s, sh, and z repeat in nearby...

Sarcasm is a figure of speech in which a speaker praises or thanks someone while meaning the...

A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in which a speaker asks a question for effect and...