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Reference to a famous well known person/event/etc
"..When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, i will not pass to the other side" |
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Repetition of initial words
"...It takes a family, it takes teachers, it takes clery..." |
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Extended metaphor, comparison between two things
"Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American republic |
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juxtaposed parallel structure
"Smal step for a man...giant leap for mankind" |
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Rhyming! different words, similar vowels
"gloves dont fit you gotta aquit" |
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listing of causes, effects, oroblems/solutions,
"Chocolate: its peppermint, its delicious, its refreshing" |
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Exageration to emphasize a point
"Got scars and knots on your head from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet" |
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ASk a question and then answer it
"What is G.Bush doing about our economic problems? NOTHINGG" |
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| Comparison made by speaking of one thing in terms of another |
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Two words of opposite meaning going together
"A fine mess" "a just war" "a new classic" |
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Figures that employ contradiction
but not necessary a phrase of two words like oxymoron
If you get this message, call me; if you don't, then don't worry about it.
If a person says about himself that he always lies, is that that the truth or a lie???
Chicken or egg comes first? |
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Figure of balance between two phases w the same structure
"pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend.." |
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| Giving non living things human qualities |
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Addition of series of conjunctions . Anaphora of conjunctions...
"we have __and___and ____and___" |
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Ask a question (not answered like hyperphora) whose answer is obvious and implied
"Are we human?" |
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Comparision when a word stand for part of something is used to adress the whole
"The whole hospital tried to revive him" |
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