Figures of Speech: Tropes

In classical rhetoric, figures of speech are divided into two type Tropes and Schemes.  Tropes are defined as an unusual use or twist in the meaning of words.  Schemes refer to the order in which the words fall.  

The Tropes

Metaphor

Simile

Synecdoche

Metonymy

Puns

Antanaclasis

Paronomasia

Syllepsis

Anthimeria

Periphrasis

Personification

Hyperbole

Litotes

Rhetorical Question (erotema)

Irony

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Paradox

 

 

 

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About lymangrant

Lyman Grant is a professor of creative writing and humanities at Austin Community College. He has work at ACC since 1978. He is the author or editor of two textbooks, two books relating to Texas literature, three volumes and a chapbook of poetry. Recently he traveled the United States for a year in a 34-foot RV 5th wheel trailer with his wife and two younger sons.