TERMS TO KNOW - NOTES

1. (figure of speech)a rhetorical device

an absent or nonexistent thing is addressed as if it is present and capable of being understood

ExamplesBlue Moon, you saw me standing alone

Without a dream in my heartWithout a love of my own."(Lorenz Hart, "Blue Moon")

"Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me

in darkness."(Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818)

APOSTROPHE

2. (punctuation)

a mark of punctuation used to identify a noun in the possessive case or indicate the omission of one or more

letters from a word.

It’s

Chuck’s

The children’s

APOSTROPHE

not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"

TONGUE-IN-CHEEK

a contradictory statement or idea

Examples

You can save money by spending it.

I'm nobody.

"What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." - George Bernard Shaw

A rich man is no richer than a poor man.

PARADOX

a short story intended to teach a moral truth or lesson

PARABLE

an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

EUPHEMISM

a concise (brief) statement that expresses a general truth or idea, frequently using rhyme or balance

a brief statement of a principle

Example:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

APHORISM

 adj. Playfully jocular; humorous:

FA·CE·TIOUS