Anaphora
Inductive Reasoning
Jargon
synedoche
Simple sentence
Syllogism
Euphemism
Aphorism
balanced sentence
Antithesis
Paradox
Periodic Sentence
Allegory
Polysyndeton
Asyndeton
Invective
understatement
Litotes
Pedantic
metonymy
chiasmus
juxtaposition
Fallacy
“To believe your thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius.”
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
"The grave’s a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace."
"I must be cruel only to be kind"
"I know the voices dying with a dying fall."
“This marble from the bag is black. That marble from the bag is black. A third marble from the bag is black. Therefore all the marbles in the bag are black.”
A knave, a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave … and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel"
“To err is human; to forgive divine.”
"I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small."
J.R.R. Tolkien fought in World War I, and The Lord of the Rings serves as an explanation of the events of that war.
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Therefore, some animals are more important that others."
“Well, it is a good book, and everyone should read it. The notion is that if we aren’t to look out then our whole culture shall be submerged. It’s mostly scientific but it has all been proven…"
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
"If there be cords or knives, Poison, or fire, or suffocating streams, I’ll not endure it. "
"When I said I have to lay you off a parallel universe was born in his face"
The putative class comprised only those individuals whose personal information had been obtained and disclosed by Beacon during the approximately one-month period in which the program’s default setting was opt out rather than opt in. The complaint sought damages and various forms of equitable relief, including an injunction barring the defendants from continuing the program.”
"Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret."
“Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.”
"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been called into serious question on cross-examination, but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant."
"All’s fair in love and war."
"Live simply so that others might simply live."
"Gifts for me: boxes of poppies, pocket knife, elaborate necklace made of ladybugs."
“We all owe death a life.”