general/figures-of-speech

Classification of figures of speech

Figure of speech similar to hyperbole

Literary technique used in religious texts

Type of pun

Unexpected change in the syntactical structure of the sentence

Figure of speech

Figure of speech marked by explicit comparison

Figure of speech

Figure of speech that relies on the structure and syntax of sentences

Word or phrase that has a special meaning

Form of workplace bullying and no-win situation

Figure of speech: an unfinished sentence

Figure of speech using three words for one idea

Non-literal word or phrase used for effect

Use of conjunctions for rhythmic effect

Repeating the same phrase before each clause for emphasis

Figure of speech

Loss of the vowel at the beginning of a word

Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases

Figure of speech

Rhetorical figure

Scheme in rhetorical speech

Figure of speech with changed word order

Emphasis technique

Rhetorical device

Type of linguistic repetition

Conjunction for emphasis

Figure of speech reversing a natural or rational order

World War II figure of speech

Reframing of a vice as a virtue

Figure of speech

Figure of speech

Intentional understatement

Figure of speech

Latin for a part (taken) for the whole

Ironic figure of speech

Phrase which appeals to positive emotion without supporting reason

Latin phrase meaning "the whole for a part"; form of metonymy

Use of figurative language for artistic effect

Figure of speech

Topic in philosophy; something that is the opposite of something else

Figure of speech used in theatre

Phrase or cliché that is boring and unoriginal

Literary scheme omitting conjunctions

Rhetorical device