aphorism a brief saying embodying a general truth
aphorism a brief saying embodying a general truth or perceptive observation EXAMPLES: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
chiasmus the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism.
chiasmus An example of a parallel sentence is: “He knowingly lied and we blindly followed”(A B A B) Inverting into chiasmus: “He knowingly lied and we followed blindly” (A B B A)
chiasmus “By day the frolic, and the dance by night. ” “His time a moment, and a point his space. ” “Swift as an arrow flying, fleeing like a hare afraid. . . ”
juxtaposition an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast. EXAMPLES: his fearful and reassuring presence
malapropism the substitution of an incorrect word for a word with a similar sound, usually to comic effect. EXAMPLES: “I don’t eat meat because I’m a veterinarian”
neologism a word that, devised relatively recently in a specific time period, has not been accepted into a mainstream language EXAMPLES: fauxhawk, celebreality, showmance
synecdoche a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing (or vice versa) or the general for the specific (or vice versa) EXAMPLES: all hands [sailors] on deck; His parents bought him a new set of wheels [car].
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