On Figures of Speech
- The Forest of Rhetoric, silva rhetoricae — Browse a thorough list of rhetorical terms, with examples and explanations. Similar terms are cross-linked assiduously, so if you know one name for a figure of speech, but I have used another, this would be the place to check both of us know what we’re talking about. (And then call me out for making a mistake.)
More to come, even though the link above is plenty.
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A Quiver Of Quotes 