Archive for Rhetoric

anthimeria

According to Wikipedia: In rhetoric, anthimeria […] involves using one part of speech as another part of speech, such as using a noun as if it were a verb: “The little old lady turtled along the road.” […] Other substitutions could include an adjective used as a noun, as in “She dove into the foaming […]

paraprosdokian

Wikipedia says A paraprosdokian […] is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. […] Some paraprosdokians not only change the meaning of an early phrase, but […]