Definitions
Form of wordplay that exploits the multiple meanings of a word or the similar sounds of different words
What is a Pun?
She opened the door and her heart to the stray kitten
What is a Zeugma?
To create emphasis or draw attention to important idea and giving sens or closure or completeness
What is Epanalepsis?
Synonym: Wordplay
What is a Pun?
Different forms of the same root word are repeated in close proximity
What is a Polyptoton?
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt
What is a Pun?
What is Zeugma?
Synonym: Reversal
What is Antimetabole
A figure of speech where words are repeated in successive clauses, but in a transposed or reversed order
What is a Antimetabole?
The things you own end up owning you
What is a Polyptoton?
To create humor that catches readers attention and adds lightness/cleverness
What is Pun?
Synonym: Repetition
What is Epanalepsis?
A figure of speech where a single word, most often a verb or noun, applies to two or more other words in a sentence, creating different meanings for each
What is a Zeugma?
The king is dead; long live the king
What is a Epanalepsis?
Makes a statement more rhythmic and memorable and emphasizes contrast/balance
What is Antimetabole?
Antonym: Single-use
What is Polyptoton?
A rhetorical device where a word or phrase begins and ends a sentence or clause
What is a Epanalepsis?
Eat to live; don't live to eat
What is a Antimetabole?
Emphasizes central idea through variation showing how meaning can shift
What is Polyptoton?
Antonym: Seperation
What is Zeugma?