Tropes and Schemes

Equivocation, or, a statement that can be taken in more than one way TROPE

A composition that imitates or misrepresents a certain style
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A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. A comparison between two different things TROPE

Is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech, It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally TROPE

The affirmative is expressed by the negation of the opposite TROPE

A similarity between similar features of two things, on which a comparison may be based TROPE

A form of word play that takes advantage of similarly sounding words for humorous effect TROPE

Question requiring no answer TROPE

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made form it TROPE

To place two or more things together, especially in order to suggest a link between them or emphasize the contrast between them SCHEME

A literary work that uses symbolism in the characters in the characters and events to represent a greater moral, spiritual or political meaning TROPE

The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression in the place of another that may offend or suggest something unpleasant TROPE

A figure of speech in which some absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding TROPE

A figure of speech in which a concept or thing is called not by its proper name, but by something it is closely associated with or substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself TROPE

A rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis SCHEME