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aphorism

a brief saying embodying a general truth or perceptive observation. aphorism. EXAMPLES: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”.

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  1. a brief saying embodying a general truth or perceptive observation aphorism EXAMPLES: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”

  2. the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism. chiasmus

  3. An example of a parallel sentence is: “He knowinglylied and we blindlyfollowed”(A B A B) Inverting into chiasmus: “He knowinglylied and we followedblindly” (A B B A) chiasmus

  4. “By day the frolic, and the dance by night.” “His time a moment, and a point his space.” “Swift as an arrow flying, fleeing like a hare afraid...” chiasmus

  5. an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast. juxtaposition EXAMPLES: his fearful and reassuring presence

  6. the substitution of an incorrect word for a word with a similar sound, usually to comic effect. malapropism EXAMPLES: “I don’t eat meat because I’m a veterinarian”

  7. a word that, devised relatively recently in a specific time period, has not been accepted into a mainstream language neologism EXAMPLES: fauxhawk, celebreality, showmance

  8. a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing (or vice versa) or the general for the specific (or vice versa) synecdoche EXAMPLES: all hands [sailors] on deck; His parents bought him a new set of wheels [car].

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