Synecdoche
When we talk about synecdoche, we talk about a figure of speech in which one only uses a part of an expression but mean the whole expression. It is a shortening which is understood because it is [...]
When we talk about synecdoche, we talk about a figure of speech in which one only uses a part of an expression but mean the whole expression. It is a shortening which is understood because it is [...]
Aaah, irony! Irony underpins college student humor. It is the official millennial/hipster state of mind and dominates much of the humor in this generation’s movies, songs and books. Irony [...]
Understatement is used to convey that something is less important than it really is. It is often used ironically when the opposite of this response is more appropriate and in fact what you are [...]
Antithesis – quite a mouthful of a word. It is a figure of speech used in a single sentence in which a person, a characteristic or a thing is stated to be the direct opposite of something [...]
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