| Term | Definition |
|---|
| anthimeria | I'll unhair thy head -Shakespeare |
| personification | The night comes crawling in on all fours -David Lowrey |
| catachresis | blind mouths; the tears falling from her eyes were so sad they began to cry with her; Joe will have kittens when he hears this! |
| synesthesia | the scent of the rose rang like a bell through the gardens; i caressed the darkness with cool fingers |
| aporia | i can't tell you how often writers use aporia!; it is impossible for me to describe how horrible it was to view the pink, runny mass |
| aposiopesis | the fire surrounds them while---i cannot go on |
| oxymoron/paradox | without laws, we can have no freedom.; cowards die many times before their deaths |
| syllepsis | the ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen |
| irony | this plan means that one generation pays for another. now that's just dandy. |
| pariphrasis | they do not escape Jim Crow; they merely encounter another, not less deadly variety |
| rhetorical question | isn't it interesting that this person to whom you set on your knees in your most private sessions at night and you pray, doesn't even look like you? |
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