Schemes are words or phrases whose syntax, sequence, or pattern occurs in a manner that varies from an ordinary usage. That filthy place was really dirty" is an example of tautology, as there are the two words ('filthy' and 'dirty') having almost the same meaning and are repeated so as to make the text more emphatic. Syllepsis: the use of a word in its figurative and literal sense at the same time or a single word used in relation to two other parts of a sentence although the word grammatically or logically applies to only one. Types [ edit ] Whitehall is a road in the City of Westminster, London used synecdochically to refer to the entire UK civil service, as many government departments are nearby.

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Synesthesia: description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another. Institutio Oratoria, Vol. I, Book I, Chapter 5, paragraphs 6 and 38–41. And also in Book VI Chapter 3 Anthropomorphism: ascribing human characteristics to something that is not human, such as an animal or a god (see zoomorphism). Tropes are words or phrases whose contextual meaning differs from the manner or sense in which they are ordinarily used. Hypocatastasis: an implication or declaration of resemblance that does not directly name both terms.

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Using these formulas, a pupil could render the same subject or theme in a myriad of ways. For the mature author, this principle offered a set of tools to rework source texts into a new creation. In short, the quadripartita ratio offered the student or author a ready-made framework, whether for 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.

Epistrophe (also known as antistrophe): repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses. The counterpart of anaphora.Figures of speech come in many varieties. [6] The aim is to use the language inventively to accentuate the effect of what is being said. A few examples follow: Par'hyponoian: replacing in a phrase or text a second part, that would have been logically expected.

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