• Hypallage (/haɪˈpælədʒiː/; from the Greek: ὑπαλλαγή, hypallagḗ, "interchange, exchange") is a figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between...
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  • other than the person or thing it is describing. This is also known as a hypallage. This can often involve shifting a modifier from the animate to the inanimate;...
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    dictionary. Animism Anthropocentrism Anthropomorphism Figure of speech Hypallage List of narrative techniques Morgan's Canon Personification [1] Grieve...
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    nouns to express one idea. Homeoteleuton: words with the same ending. Hypallage: a transferred epithet from a conventional choice of wording. Hyperbaton:...
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  • Rome' is about empire," though arguably this figure could be considered hypallage, the transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition...
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    metaphor; e.g. "to palm someone off" or "to have a good laugh". Compare hypallage. end rhyme end-stopped line A line in poetry that ends in a pause, indicated...
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  • The next line ("with up so many floating bells down") is an example of hypallage, the interachange of the syntactic relationship between terms. In the...
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    Humblebrag – a statement that purports to be modest while delivering a boast. Hypallage – a literary device that reverses the syntactic relation of two words...
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  • more or less the opposite of it. It is also related to the technique hypallage, except that the governing noun becomes the adjective instead of the noun...
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    blancmange apodyterium derriengue simnel passacaglia axolotl plaidoyer goombay hypallage baignoire arrhostia byssinosis iliopsoas oeillade xebec grisaille huisache...
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