November 27, 2008

Fancy words

Fellow speaker,

Some different types of word use:
  • Metonymy - a metaphor in which a closely associated object (or part of an object) is used to represent a larger object as a whole (e.g., "the crown" as a metaphor for "royalty")
  • Alliteration - repeating initial consonant sounds (e.g., "crispy, crunchy, crazy")
  • Anaphora - repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences (e.g., "You said you would be out for a little while. You said you would come back on time. You said I could trust you.")
Fancily,

Tim