Mixed metaphor: alternatives and connections

a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…

a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…

substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a simila…

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)

a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities

interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

(rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.; "In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history."

(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"

(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.; "The last and perhaps t…

an argument offered in opposition to another argument

a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical que…

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better