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A breaking-off of speech, usually because of rising emotion or excitement.
ex. "Touch me one more time, and i swear-" |
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| A direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea. |
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| The clash of discordant or hash sounds within a sentence or phrase. Familiar feature of tongue twisters. |
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| an expression such as "turn over a new leaf" that has been used so frequently it has lost its expressive power. |
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| An informal expression or slang, especially in the context of formal writing. |
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| An adjective or phrase that describes a prominent feature of a person or thing. |
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| A pleasing arrangement of sounds. |
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| A common expression that has acquired a meaning that differs from its literal meaning. |
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A form of understatement in which a statement is affirmed by negating its opposite.
ex. He is not unfriendly. |
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The substitution of one term for another that generally is associated with it.
ex. 'suits' instead of 'businessmen' |
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The association of two contrary terms.
ex. same difference; wise fool |
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| A statement that seems absurd or even contradictory on its face but often expresses a deeper truth. |
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| The technique of drawing attention to something by claiming not to mention it. |
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| An elaborate and roundabout manner of speech that uses more words that necessary. |
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A form of metonymy in which a part of an entity is used to refer to the whole.
ex. 'my wheels' instead of 'my car' |
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A category of figures of speech that extend the literal meaning of words, things, or ideas.
ex. metaphor, simile |
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| The use of one word in a sentence to modify two other words in the sentence, typically in two different ways. |
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