Дипломная работа: Homonymy in the book of Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland"

E. g. A 1000 apologies; to wait an eternity; he is stronger than a lion.

9.Antonomasia—use of a proper name to express a general idea or conversely a common name for a proper one.

E.g. The Iron Lady; a Solomon; Don Juan.

Figures of Speech that create Rhythm

These expressive means were divided into 4 large groups:

Figures that create rhythm by means of addition

1. Doubling (reduplication, repetition) of words and sounds.

E. g. Tip-top, helter-skelter, wishy-washy, oh, the dreary, dreary moorland.

2. Epenalepsis (polysyndeton) conjunctions; use of several conjunctions.

E.g. He thought, and thought, and thought; I hadn't realized until then how small the houses were, how small and mean the shops. (Shute)

3. Anaphora: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of twoor more clauses, sentences or verses.

E. g. No tree, no shrub, no blade of grass, not a bird or beast, not even a fish that was not owned!

4. Ertjambment: running on of one thought into the next line, couplet or stanza without breaking the syntactical pattern.

E.g. In Ocean's wide domains Half buried in the sands Lie skeletons in chains With shackled feet and hands.(Longfellow)

5. Asyndeton: omission of conjunction.

E. g. He provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect .

Figures based on compression

1.Zeugma (syllepsis): a figure by which a verb, adjective or other part of speech, relating to one noun is referred to another.

E. g. He lost his hat and his temper, with weeping eyes and hearts.

2.Chiasmus—a reversal in the order of words in one of two parallel phrases.

E. g. He went to the country, to the town went she.

3.Ellipsis—omission of words needed to complete the construction or the sense.

E.g. Tomorrow at 1.30; The ringleader was hanged and his followers imprisoned.

Figures based on assonance or accord

1. Equality of colons—used to have a power to segment and arrange.

2. Proportions and harmony of colons.

Figures based on opposition

1. Antithesis—choice or arrangement of words that emphasises a contrast.

E.g. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, wise men use them; Give me liberty or give me death.