Figurative language about Anarchy

Tropes about Anarchy:

1. Metaphor

• "Anarchy is an atomic bomb held by us all".
• The incredible potential for both destruction and utilization found in anarchy is dangerous, but even more nerve-wracking is the fact that everyone can tap into that power

2. Paranomasia

• The abuse of governmental power rises in an arch until it falls into anarchy.
• Anarchy and "an arch" are similar sounding and one can be used to describe the process of the other (e.g. Anarchist attacks has led to an arch in store robberies)

3. Anthimeria

• In 2011, the Libyan dictatorship was dethroned and subsequently anarchized
• We both know that anarchized isn't a a word, but it sounds pretty convincing as a verb used to describe the chaotic state of a former government.

4. Hyperbole

• The Anarchists are obliterating the city!
• Unless the aforementioned anarchists have some kind of science fiction energy/power, it is highly unlikely that the city is being utterly destroyed.

5. Oxymoron

• Anarchy is the destructive creativity that society needs to grow
• It's pretty hard to create something when the intent is merely to destroy.

A little bit of parallelism from an famous anarchist

Schemes about Anarchy

1. Parallelism

• One stand, one bullet, one scream of "enough" is all it takes to start a revolution.
• the parallelism is found in the clauses, which creates a list of similar things which all can lead to anarchy

2. Anastrophe

• Glowing in hot embers, the shadows of the growing anarchy spread across the streets.
• Putting hot embers at the beginning of the sentence produces emphasis of them and tells the mind to focus on the fact that fire is heavily involved in this scene.

3. Ellipses

• Anarchy can lead to salvation for thousands. Sometimes, the result is desolation.
• Since anarchy is already the topic, it can be omitted from the next sentence without confusion to continue the ongoing train of thought on it's ongoing consequences

4. Alliteration

• When amoral aristocrats advance oppression on others, anarchy attacks aggressively.
• Although the letters at the beginning are not alike, the sound made is identical or similar and provides a flow of speech within the sentence.

Figurative Language about Poems

TROPES about poems
!) metaphor

• "A poem is a train of words leading right to your hippocampus."
• This metaphor helps express the idea that a poem is indeed a useful device with one destination: your memory. (I hope your brain isn't big enough to fit a real train inside!)

@) paranomasia

• "P'own those pesky exams with a simple p'ome."
• 'P'own' is a newer slang word for 'conquer' or 'kick someone's patooskey,' which sounds very similar to the shortened pronunciation of poem, /pom/ (here transcribed with a similar spelling as p'own to convey that pronunciation).

#) anthimeria

• "To poemize is a simpler and better way to memorize."
• Here, I turned 'poem' into a cool and funny verb which also happens to sound like/be parallel to the verb 'memorize.'

$) hyperbole

• "You would never have learned the order of operations without "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally"!"
• Obviously, there are other ways to remember the order of operations. But this is such a common and basic element of math that some students may readily (if jokingly) agree with my statement.

%) oxymoron

• "The simple complexity of poems can help you remember difficult concepts."
• The juxtaposition of 'simple' and 'complexity' suggests that poems may be short and easy to remember, but they can also pack in loads of important information.

SCHEMES about poems

!) parallelism

• "A poem could be anything from an acronym, to a couplet, to a ballad."
• The parallelism in this sentence is reflected in the 'from a ____, to a ____' pattern.

@) anastrophe

• "A logical order to information a poem gives."
• Kicking the subject to the end of this sentence puts more focus on the beginning, and thus, on a useful characteristic of poems.

#) ellipsis

• "Straight memorization is difficult; remembering a poem, much easier."
• Leaving out the conjugation of 'to be' avoids that kind of explicit statement that makes the reader go, 'Well, thanks, o wise one. I couldn't have figured that one out on my own.'

$) alliteration

• "Rhyme and rhythm might seem ridiculous to you, but in reality, they'll help you remember!"
• These two elements of poetry both start with 'r', so it works to use them in conjunction with remembering to get that repeated rrrrr sound.

Figurative Language about Love

Tropes about love:

1.)  Metaphor:

o   "Love is a burning war of passion and a chilling wave of unease."

o   Perhaps this is just an opinion, but love is not literally a war, nor a physical wave.  Instead, love contains essences of the conflicting burning war and chilling wave.  (This phrase actually doubles as an oxymoron.) 

My doge just got the pun, as indicated by his shocked
expression and dropped tail.

2.)  Paronomasia

o   "We're a couple love hopeless romantics."

o   The words "love" and "of" sound very much alike, so the original sentence was edited with an amusing replacement.  Maybe the sentence makes no logical sense now, but it has become a bit more interesting with a similar sounding, but different wording. 

3.)  Anthimeria

o   "I loved you then, I love you now, and I will be your Love forever." 

o   Seeing as the word love can be multiple particles of speech at once, with varying definitions even amongst those categories, is it not possible that this phrase can be read in multiple ways not of the norm?  Honestly, the lack of rigidity of the word made this part quite difficult. 

4.)  Hyperbole

o   "Thomas, I love you, but you are actually the dumbest person I have ever met."

o   Though truthfulness of this statement might be up for debate, I highly doubt that anything I have done merited a brand of such magnitude.  Love often escalates things out of their normal parameters.  Contingencies such as "but" are also scary precursors of horrible things to come. 

5.)  Oxymoron

o   "The one I love is also the one I hate."

o   Obviously, this might depend on what type of "love" is being addressed, but oftentimes couples find extremes of both ends of the affection spectrum in their significant other. 

Schemes about love:

1.)  Parallelism

o   "My love pervades through the spring's bloom, the summer's fire, the fall's decay, and the winter's icy tomb." 

o   Passing through the four seasons, many things change, but love still remains constant.  Even if the elements and weather attempt to wear away, love does not fade. 

Figurative language, like love, is a
thought-provoking intricacy of life.

2.)  Anastrophe

o   "It is you whom I love." 

o   One could easily switch around the order or words to create the natural structure of "I love you," but this shift makes the phrase a bit more inviting of further investigation.  

3.)  Ellipsis

o   "There is love in the air and in the beating of your heart with mine."

o   This sentence actually contains two instances of ellipsis in that "love" and "heart" are only directly stated once apiece, but are indirectly present a second time.   

4.)  Alliteration

o   "Love is lament and luscious life." 

o   This scheme is fairly obvious in that the majority of words in the sentence start with the letter L.  The combined effect of the repeated sound gives off a wisp of wit in the writing.