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| A figure of speech in which the use of the word or a phrase other than its literal meaning changes the meaning of a sentence. The word comes from Greek "tropos" meaning turn. That is, turning the meaning of a sentence another way by the use of a word(s) | ||
| The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the apperance or presentation of the idea. | ||
| A figure of speech (a form of irony) in which exaggeration is used for emphasis of effect; an extravagant statement. | ||
| A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | ||
| A figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly" | ||
| A figure of speech consisting of an understatement affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | ||
| A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. | ||
| A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as. | ||
| A trope or figure of speech ( generally considered a type of metaphor) in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities. | ||
| A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is represented as speaking. Similar to personification. | ||
| A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. | ||
| A short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. | ||
| A kind of ellipsis in which one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies or governs | ||
| The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way. | ||
| A play on words, either on different senses of the same word or on the similar sense or sound on different words, also known a paranomasia | ||
| A rhetorical term for punning, playing with words | ||
| Figure of comparison in which a word standing for part of something is used for the whole of that thing or vice versa; any part or portion or quality of a thing used to stand for the whole of the thing or vice versa | ||
| Giving a proper name to something that has qualities associates with that name. For example- a philanderer can also be called Don Juan | ||
| A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related this can be using the symbol for the thing signified ( from cradle to grave) the instrument for the agent (the pen is mightier than the sword) or the container for the thing contained (the kettle boiled merrily) | ||
| A form of speech un which a key word is repeated and used in a different and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words as in "The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft." | ||
| A rhetorical term for a gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance | ||
| In rhetoric a round about description of something- verbosity. A form of circumlocution. | ||
| The suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a tropic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in "not to mention other faults" | ||
| A rhetorical term for the use of one part of speech (or word class) for another | ||
| The formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk or broom, by innitiation of a sound made by or associated with its referent | ||
| The rhetorical question. To affirm or dent a point strongly by asking it as a question. Generally, the rhetorical question includes an emotional dimension, expressing wonder, indignation, sarcasm, etc. | ||
| A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. The answer may be obvious or immediately provided by the questioner | ||
| A kind of humorous understatement that dismisses or belittlbes, especially by using terms that make something seem less significant than it really is or ought to be. | ||
| Rhetorical term for breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character. |
