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a figure of speech in which a part stands for a whole.
Example: "Nice wheels" (meaning: Nice car) |
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substitution of some attributive word for what is actually meant.
Example: Hollywood for the film industry |
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repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example: The Lord sitteth above the water floods. The Lord remaineth a King forever. |
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a recurring narrative, pattern of action, theme, character type, or image in a wide variety of literature.
Example: the girl-next-door and rags to riches. |
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deliberate omission of conjunctions.
example: I came, I saw, I conquered. |
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deliberate understatement.
Example: he's not the brightest man in the world. |
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juxtaposition of contrasting ideas.
Example: "Though studious, he was popular." |
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| a brief story used to make a point |
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a character who is contrasted to another character.
Example: Hamlet and Fortenbras |
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a story or image with a second distinct meaning.
Example: Animal Farm by George Orwell |
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substitutes for a particular attribute of a famous person.
Example: Why the man is an Einstein! |
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| lines the commemorate the dead. |
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| discussion that occurs in a character's head. |
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the use of a word to modify two or more words, but used for different meanings.
Example: He closed the door and his heart on his lost love. |
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an adjective or adjective phrase/
Example: grey-eyed Agatha |
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