Monday, October 1, 2012

Words

Adage - One of several terms describing short, pithy sayings, or traditional expressions of conventional wisdom.
     Example - "Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
                   "Count your blessings."

Diaphora - Repetition of a common name so as to perform two logical functions: to designate an individual and to signify the qualities connoted by that individual's name or title.

          Girls will be girls.

Orcos- Swearing that a statement is true.

         He swore on his own mother's grave that his story was true.

Metonymy - Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes

     The child ate his dish of vegetables with a scowl on his face. 

      He gave her a helping hand.

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