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Anthimeria

Using one part of speech as another

In rhetoric, anthimeria or antimeria (from Ancient Greek: ἀντί, antí, 'against, opposite', and μέρος, méros, 'part'), means using one part of speech as

Anthimeria

Wordplay

Form of wit where words are used for special effect

saying "He is the very pineapple of politeness." instead of pinnacle Anthimeria Altering a word's regular part of speech. This can occur naturally with

Wordplay

Epistrophe

Emphasis technique

evoked, while the latter part makes use of anaphora. Anaphora Antimetabole Anthimeria Figure of speech Epistrophy (composition), a jazz standard composed by

Epistrophe

Conversion (word formation)

Grammatical process of a lexeme changing part of speech

change in form. (Verbing in that specific sense is therefore a kind of anthimeria.) Many adjectives have become verbs, including adjectives based on Latin

Conversion (word formation)

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Literary device

Literary technique used to persuade

pun or wordplay in which a word is repeated in two different senses. Anthimeria: the transformation of a word of a certain word class to another word

Literary device

Literary_device

Gregory Maass & Nayoungim

Artist twain

of production they like to call Frankensteining. Frankensteining is an Anthimeria. Gregory Maass & Nayoungim collect objects and ideas eclectically, disassemble

Gregory Maass & Nayoungim

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Schesis onomaton

Rhetorical technique

scesis (onomaton), which occurs on p. 36 and elsewhere, read schesis; for anthimeria (p. 39), read antimeria …” Silva Rhetoricae, retrieved September 1, 2011

Schesis onomaton

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