Tropes

Figure of speech in which a part stands for a whole

Substiution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant

• Repetition of a word in two different senses
• "If we don't hang together, we'll hang seperately"

• Use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words
• "The ink, like our pig, keeps running out"

Substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name

• Use of words alike in sound but different in meaning
• "Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man"