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Scholars of classical Western rhetoric have divided figures of speech into two main categories: schemes and tropes. Schemes (from the Greek schēma, 'form or shape') are figures of speech that change the ordinary or expected pattern of words. For example, the phrase, "John, my best friend" uses the scheme known as apposition.
A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g.,
In rhetoric, zeugma (/ ˈ zj uː ɡ m ə / ⓘ; from the Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα, zeûgma, lit. "a yoking together" [1]) and syllepsis (/ s ɪ ˈ l ɛ p s ɪ s /; from the Ancient Greek σύλληψις, sullēpsis, lit. "a taking together" [2]) are figures of speech in which a single phrase or word joins different parts of a sentence.
Articles relating to figures of speech, words or phrases that entail an intentional deviation from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect. [ 1 ] Contents
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. [1] It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are usually meant to create a likeness or an analogy. [2]
1 Examples. 2 See also. 3 References. ... Download as PDF; ... In rhetoric, symploce is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used successively at the ...
Apr. 8—To say it's been a whirlwind year for Flathead High School speech and debate head coach and English teacher Shannon O'Donnell is an understatement. O'Donnell still seemed to be on cloud ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A figure of speech is any way of saying something other than the ordinary way. Figurative language is language using figures ...