The substitution of one part of speech for another. (using nouns as verbs, or adjectives as nouns, etc.) Such as: Can you text my cellphone with directions to your house? Google the restaurant to find their address. He encyclopediaed me all evening until I felt like...
A figure of speech addressing an absent person or personified abstraction. Such as: Death, where is thy sting? America, God shed his grace on thee. Love, look...
An extended or continued metaphor, in which the metaphor is consistent throughout the entire plot, such as in Urinetown, Pippin, Candide, Animal Farm, and Lord of the...
