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changing words or the transformation of entire texts. Since it concerned relatively mechanical procedures of adaptation that for the most part could be learned, the techniques concerned could be taught at school at a relatively early age, for example in the improvement of pupils' own writing.
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1758:, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men").
2558:: asking a question as a way of asserting something. Asking a question that already has the answer hidden in it, or asking a question not to get an answer, but to assert something (or to create a poetic effect).
2022:: an understatement achieved by negating the opposite statement, such as "not too bad" for "very good", or "she is not a beauty queen" for "she is ugly", yielding an ironical effect.
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To say "It was like having a butterfly farm in my stomach", "It felt like a butterfly farm in my stomach", or "I was so nervous that I had a butterfly farm in my stomach" could be a
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2092:: simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe: the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning and the end of successive clauses.
1992:: two ordinary associated words are detached. The term is also used more generally for any figure of speech that transposes natural word order.
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2714:"A Grammar of the English Language .. In a series of familiar lectures, etc"
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1998:: every clause having its own independent subject and predicate.
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Literature: Reading
Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay
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Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay
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2276:: pompous speech with a ludicrously mundane worded
1888:: omission of conjunctions between related clauses.
2166:(exaggeration). It the opposite of understatement.
1524:—permutation). Quintillian then mentioned them in
1434:), also called repetition/expansion/superabundance
2512:: ascribing human conduct and feelings to nature.
2156:: expressing the want of something by denying it.
2104:: referring to a part by its whole or vice versa.
2058:: repetition of words derived from the same root.
1813:Example: "She sells sea shells by the sea shore".
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2122:: insertions of content within a compound word.
1655:, that she might be climbing the curtains. The
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1375:which vary the ordinary sequence of words, and
2946:. AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. p. 224.
2881:A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradius, A-Z
2815:, paragraphs 6 and 38–41. And also in Book VI
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3119:. Oxford University Press. New York, Oxford.
2912:A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z
2416:: figurative speech is used in a new context.
1904:: arrangement of words in an ascending order.
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2884:. University of Toronto Press. p. 213.
2378:: using a compound word neologism to form a
2070:: repetition of letter 's', it is a form of
3168:A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms
2980:. Princeton University Press. p. 647.
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1974:: use of three nouns to express one idea.
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2086:: omission of parts of a word or phrase.
1940:: ending sentences with their beginning.
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1060:Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style
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1669:"I had butterflies in my stomach" is a
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3013:. Philosophical Library. p. 595.
2940:Kevin Wilson; Jennifer Wauson (2010).
2576:: comparison between two things using
2552:: play on words that has two meanings.
2456:: words that sound like their meaning.
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3101:. Oxford University Press. New York.
2994:from the original on 3 November 2013.
2811:Institutio Oratoria, Vol. I, Book I,
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2286:: blatant misuse of words or phrases.
1263:Rhetoric of social intervention model
2434:: the practice of using the pronoun
3099:Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
3063:Corbett and Connors, 1999. p. 64-65
2898:from the original on 7 January 2014
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3072:Corbett and Connors. 1999. p.69-70
2564:: humoristic criticism of society.
1916:: matching items in two sequences.
1789:, which are similar in many ways.
1414:classified figures of speech into
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4304:Third-person omniscient narrative
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3017:from the original on 2016-03-10.
2960:from the original on 2013-12-05.
2929:from the original on 2014-01-07.
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2909:Dupriez, Bernard Marie (1991).
2860:, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill,
2720:from the original on 2016-05-08
1366:literal and figurative language
3692:Conflict between good and evil
3137:. Pearson, Longman. New York.
2878:Bernard Marie Dupriez (1991).
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2679:Repetition (rhetorical device)
1534:also listed them as addition (
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3170:. Checkmark Books. New York.
3115:and Connors, Robert J. 1999.
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1980:: words with the same ending.
1233:List of feminist rhetoricians
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1686:, which a metaphor does not.
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3189:. Brigham Young University.
3005:Shipley, Joseph T. (1943).
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2292:: overused phrase or theme.
1841:and verb order in a clause.
1682:, because it uses the word
1593:
1452:), also called transferring
1070:Language as Symbolic Action
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2674:List of forms of word play
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3153:The Elements of Eloquence
2744:Dictionary.com Unabridged
2712:Mar, Emanuel del (1842).
2144:
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980:De Optimo Genere Oratorum
3699:Self-fulfilling prophecy
2840:"The Forest of Rhetoric"
2802:Book IV, 21.29, pp.303–5
2496:: humouristic imitation.
1706:
4326:Stream of consciousness
3789:Suspension of disbelief
1771:The Garden of Eloquence
920:De Sophisticis Elenchis
3867:Denouement/Catastrophe
3848:Rising action/Epitasis
2828:Rhetorica ad Herennium
2793:
2757:Jansen, Jeroen (2008)
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1769:, for example, in his
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1468:Rhetorica ad Herennium
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1412:Classical rhetoricians
1040:De doctrina Christiana
1030:Dialogus de oratoribus
950:Rhetorica ad Herennium
176:Captatio benevolentiae
4213:Utopian and dystopian
3166:Quinn, Edward. 1999.
3113:Corbett, Edward P. J.
2788:
2162:: an extreme form of
1752:. Tropes (from Greek
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1407:Rhetorical operations
1208:Communication studies
1050:De vulgari eloquentia
910:Rhetoric to Alexander
3767:Narrative techniques
3547:Story within a story
3359:Supporting character
4870:Rhetorical question
4472:Political narrative
4314:Unreliable narrator
4171:Speculative fiction
3879:Nonlinear narrative
3827:Three-act structure
3687:Deal with the Devil
3117:Style and Statement
2556:Rhetorical question
2344:rhetorical question
1720:City of Westminster
1532:Philo of Alexandria
1527:Institutio Oratoria
1510:—transposition) and
1213:Composition studies
1144:Health and medicine
1010:Institutio Oratoria
217:Eloquentia perfecta
4450:Narrative paradigm
4445:Narrative identity
4375:Dominant narrative
4321:Multiple narrators
3605:Fictional location
3448:Dramatic structure
3045:Baldick,2008. p. 7
3036:Quinn, 1999. p. 12
2783:2008-12-05 at the
2765:2015-07-14 at the
2739:"figure of speech"
2661:Linguistics portal
2536:: extreme form of
2316:slip of the tongue
2126:Tricolon diminuens
1787:rhetorical devices
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1298:Terministic screen
1080:A General Rhetoric
610:Resignation speech
147:Studia humanitatis
129:Byzantine rhetoric
4906:Figures of speech
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4546:Figures of speech
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4455:Narrative therapy
3889:television series
3834:Freytag's Pyramid
3677:Moral development
3580:Alternate history
3290:False protagonist
3161:978-0-425-27618-1
3107:978-0-19-920827-2
2987:978-1-4008-4142-4
2953:978-0-8144-1589-4
2922:978-0-8020-6803-3
2891:978-0-8020-6803-3
2775:978-90-8704-027-7
2684:Rhetorical device
2568:Sesquipedalianism
2132:Tricolon crescens
2002:Hysteron proteron
1914:Correlative verse
1779:figures of speech
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4309:Subjectivity
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4289:First-person
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2358:first person
2354:third person
2312:Epanorthosis
2238:verbal irony
2206:: a form of
2204:Antanaclasis
2148:
2062:Polysyndeton
2032:Paradiastole
2026:Onomatopoeia
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4624:Epanalepsis
4587:Aposiopesis
4567:Anadiplosis
4499:Tellability
4465:Metafiction
4460:Narratology
4232:Theological
4124:Pop culture
4005:Short story
3983:Epic poetry
3704:Time travel
3517:Red herring
3502:Plot device
3473:Frame story
3426:Cliffhanger
3369:Tritagonist
3344:Protagonist
2640:Zoomorphism
2622:Synesthesia
2500:Paronomasia
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2392:Malapropism
2356:instead of
2284:Catachresis
2278:anti-climax
2244:Antonomasia
2234:Antiphrasis
2228:zoomorphism
2186:Anacoenosis
2038:Parallelism
1938:Epanalepsis
1874:Aposiopesis
1845:Anti-climax
1819:Anadiplosis
1802:Accumulatio
1763:Renaissance
1761:During the
1308:Wooden iron
1268:Rhetrickery
1243:Oral skills
1179:Composition
1114:Contrastive
934:(c. 350 BC)
924:(c. 350 BC)
914:(c. 350 BC)
904:(c. 350 BC)
894:(c. 370 BC)
754:Demosthenes
734:Brueggemann
669:Ideological
520:Homiletics
433:Declamation
423:Apologetics
273:Five canons
141:Renaissance
124:Middle Ages
4900:Categories
4880:Synecdoche
4784:Dysphemism
4757:Ecphonesis
4747:Apostrophe
4689:Spoonerism
4679:Polyptoton
4659:Hyperbaton
4634:Epistrophe
4619:Consonance
4582:Antithesis
4385:Continuity
4254:Nonfiction
4218:Underwater
4114:Picaresque
4089:Historical
4074:Epistolary
3946:Fairy tale
3857:Peripeteia
3839:Exposition
3595:Dreamworld
3537:Stereotype
3507:Plot twist
3255:Antagonist
2724:2015-12-02
2695:References
2614:: form of
2612:Synecdoche
2538:paralipsis
2534:Proslepsis
2414:Metalepsis
2408:synecdoche
2406:: type of
2346:at length.
2296:Dysphemism
2268:Apostrophe
2214:Anthimeria
2198:Anapodoton
2174:metaphoric
2102:Synecdoche
2078:Spoonerism
2072:consonance
2056:Polyptoton
1996:Hypozeuxis
1990:Hyperbaton
1972:Hendiatris
1950:Epistrophe
1908:Consonance
1868:Aphorismus
1862:Antithesis
1831:Anastrophe
1750:apposition
1582:ἀλλοίωσις—
1572:metathesis
1567:μετάθεσις—
1552:ἀφαίρεσις—
1542:prosthesis
1537:πρόσθεσις—
1516:ἐναλλαγή (
1505:metathesis
1495:—omission)
1479:pleonasmos
1437:omission (
1428:addition (
1362:rhetorical
1164:Technology
1154:Procedural
974:(c. 50 BC)
960:De Oratore
824:Quintilian
819:Protagoras
674:Metaphoric
598:Propaganda
481:Epideictic
395:Sotto voce
349:Persuasion
344:Operations
286:Dispositio
182:Chironomia
4885:Tautology
4811:Apophasis
4789:Euphemism
4772:Hyperbole
4762:Ekphrasis
4654:Hypallage
4644:Hendiadys
4639:Epizeuxis
4629:Epiphrase
4597:Asyndeton
4592:Assonance
4276:Narration
4225:Superhero
4149:Chivalric
4134:Religious
4119:Political
4054:Adventure
4039:Biography
3961:Tall tale
3809:Structure
3794:Symbolism
3762:Narration
3662:Leitmotif
3590:Crossover
3585:Backstory
3542:Story arc
3492:MacGuffin
3463:Flashback
3404:Backstory
3280:Confidant
3260:Archenemy
3247:Character
3239:Narrative
2817:Chapter 3
2813:Chapter 5
2700:Citations
2628:Tautology
2602:Syllepsis
2588:Snowclone
2340:Hypophora
2328:Hyperbole
2322:Euphemism
2306:Ekphrasis
2300:euphemism
2262:Apophasis
2164:hyperbole
2114:Tautology
2108:Synonymia
2096:Synchysis
2068:Sibilance
2050:Paroemion
1984:Hypallage
1966:Hendiadys
1960:Epizeuxis
1944:Epiphrase
1886:Asyndeton
1880:Assonance
1716:Whitehall
1700:tautology
1691:hyperbole
1645:syllepsis
1643:called a
1628:sibilance
1587:alloiosis
1557:afairesis
1458:immutatio
1440:detractio
1278:Seduction
1109:Cognitive
1097:Subfields
1024:(100–400)
779:Isocrates
719:Augustine
709:Aristotle
684:Narrative
634:Criticism
579:Philippic
493:Panegyric
476:Elocution
457:Dialectic
377:Situation
238:Facilitas
232:Enthymeme
211:Eloquence
193:Delectare
4911:Rhetoric
4848:Pleonasm
4838:Oxymoron
4833:Metonymy
4828:Metaphor
4801:Innuendo
4777:Adynaton
4742:Aphorism
4727:Allusion
4722:Allegory
4694:Symploce
4669:Isocolon
4602:Chiasmus
4572:Anaphora
4482:Glossary
4477:Rhetoric
4284:Diegesis
4264:Creative
4237:Thriller
4186:Southern
4104:Paranoid
4099:Nautical
4010:Vignette
3968:Gamebook
3936:Folklore
3843:Protasis
3722:Allegory
3667:Metaphor
3625:parallel
3620:universe
3600:Dystopia
3557:Suspense
3443:Dialogue
3431:Conflict
3339:Narrator
3311:Hamartia
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3097:. 2008.
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2992:Archived
2958:Archived
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2868:, p. 451
2781:Archived
2763:Archived
2760:Imitatio
2718:Archived
2647:See also
2616:metonymy
2522:Pleonasm
2470:metaphor
2460:Oxymoron
2426:Metonymy
2420:Metaphor
2364:Innuendo
2250:Aphorism
2180:Allusion
2170:Allegory
2160:Adynaton
2154:Accismus
2090:Symploce
2008:Isocolon
1954:anaphora
1932:Enallage
1892:Chiasmus
1825:Anaphora
1671:metaphor
1664:oxymoron
1657:ellipsis
1594:Examples
1521:enallage
1485:ἔνδεια (
1431:adiectio
1395:metaphor
1149:Pedagogy
1129:Feminist
900:Rhetoric
890:Phaedrus
884:(380 BC)
834:Richards
804:Perelman
652:Pentadic
647:Dramatic
591:Suasoria
569:Diatribe
510:Forensic
487:Encomium
452:Demagogy
321:Imitatio
293:Elocutio
279:Inventio
249:Informal
168:Concepts
95:Sophists
90:Calliope
80:Atticism
75:Asianism
43:Rhetoric
35:a series
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4823:Litotes
4816:Sarcasm
4794:Meiosis
4554:Schemes
4412:Prequel
4368:Related
4354:Present
4247:Western
4203:Science
4176:Fantasy
4144:Romance
4094:Mystery
4079:Ergodic
4044:Fiction
4000:Parable
3995:Novella
3925:Fabliau
3896:Premise
3747:Imagery
3737:Diction
3615:country
3572:Setting
3552:Subplot
3374:Villain
3327:Byronic
3088:Sources
3007:"Trope"
2778:Summary
2544:Proverb
2482:Paradox
2466:Parable
2398:Meiosis
2386:Litotes
2380:metonym
2376:Kenning
2350:Illeism
2192:Analogy
2084:Syncope
2020:Litotes
1926:Elision
1920:Diacope
1839:subject
1793:Schemes
1755:trepein
1736:schemes
1608:Jamaica
1391:prosaic
1371:schemes
1194:Related
1169:Therapy
1159:Science
1124:Digital
1004:(c. 50)
994:(46 BC)
984:(46 BC)
964:(55 BC)
954:(80 BC)
944:(84 BC)
880:Gorgias
849:Toulmin
844:Tacitus
794:McLuhan
769:Gorgias
764:Erasmus
759:Derrida
724:Bakhtin
714:Aspasia
679:Mimesis
642:Cluster
574:Eristic
564:Polemic
559:Oratory
537:Lecture
300:Memoria
244:Fallacy
187:Decorum
134:Trivium
62:History
4875:Simile
4714:Tropes
4704:Zeugma
4699:Tmesis
4607:Climax
4416:Sequel
4400:Retcon
4395:Reboot
4359:Future
4193:Horror
4181:Gothic
4166:Satire
4084:Erotic
3951:Legend
3853:Climax
3727:Bathos
3634:Utopia
3522:Reveal
3421:Cliché
3399:Action
3393:Ab ovo
3332:Tragic
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2256:Aporia
2145:Tropes
2138:Zeugma
2120:Tmesis
1902:Climax
1835:object
1745:schēma
1740:tropes
1724:London
1680:simile
1649:Run up
1641:zeugma
1490:endeia
1378:tropes
1253:Pistis
1248:Orator
1174:Visual
1084:(1970)
1074:(1966)
1064:(1521)
1054:(1305)
990:Orator
930:Topics
859:Weaver
789:Lysias
784:Lucian
774:Hobbes
749:de Man
744:Cicero
542:Public
525:Sermon
500:Eulogy
428:Debate
416:Genres
362:Pathos
328:Kairos
315:Hypsos
261:Scheme
226:Eunoia
206:Device
200:Docere
4806:Irony
4423:Genre
4390:Canon
4341:Tense
4259:Novel
4242:Urban
4154:Prose
4139:Rogue
4064:Crime
4059:Comic
4020:Genre
3990:Novel
3941:Fable
3919:Drama
3884:films
3714:Style
3682:Motif
3672:Moral
3657:Irony
3649:Theme
3562:Trope
2669:Idiom
2370:Irony
1726:used
1707:Types
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1044:(426)
1034:(102)
872:Works
839:Smith
829:Ramus
814:Plato
809:Pizan
739:Burke
729:Booth
664:Genre
659:Frame
402:Topos
387:Grand
382:Style
369:Logos
355:Ethos
339:Modes
266:Trope
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4428:List
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4161:Saga
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