A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").

A figure of speech is which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it.

A Rhetorical Lemon Squeezer

Rhetorical device that produces a shift in the meaning of words--traditionally contrasted with a scheme, which changes only the shape of a phrase.

This quiz should help you to understand and remember the terms and concepts introduced in our page on the Top 20 Figures of Speech.

The various uses of language that depart from customary construction, order, or significance.

Though there are hundreds of figures of speech (many of them included in our Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis), here we'll focus on just 20 of the most common figures.

Quiz on Commonly Confused Figures of Speech