70 II A WKS. 



Antitii'esis is a placing of things in opposition to heighten 



their effect by contrast. 

 Apoph'asis is where the speaker pretends to omit what at 



the same time he really mentions. 

 Apos'trophe is a turning from the regular course of the 



subject into an animated address. 

 Cli'max is a figure by which the sense is made to advance 



by successive steps. 

 Ecphone'sis is a pathetic exclamation denoting some violent 



emotion of the mind. 

 Erote'sis is a form of interrogation, asserting the reverse 



of what is asked. 

 Htper'bole is extravagant exaggeration. 

 I'roxy is where a speaker sneeringly utters the reverse of 



what he intends shall be understood. 

 Met'aphor expresses the resemblance of two objects by 



applying some attribute of one directly to another. 

 Meton'ymy is a change of names between things related. 

 Onomatopce'ia is the use of a word, phrase, or sentence 



the sound of which resembles or imitates the sound of 



things spoken of. 

 Personifica'tiox is a figure by which in imagination we 



ascribe intelligence to unintelligent beings or abstract 



qualities. 

 Sim'ile is a simple and expressed comparison. 

 Synec'doche is a naming of a part for the whole, or the 



whole for a part. 

 Vis'iox, or Im'agery, is a figure by which the speaker repre- 

 sents the objects of his imagination as actually before his 



eyes. 



HAWKS. 



Fal'conry. — The art of training certain of the falcon tribes to 

 the pursuit and capture, on the wing, of birds, such as the 

 heron, partridge, rook, wild-duck, pigeon, etc. 



Be'wits. — Straps of leather by which bells are fastened to a 

 liawk's legs. 



Block. — The perch whereon a bird of prey is kept. 



Brail. — A piece of leather to bind up a hawk's wing. 



Car'vist. — A hawk which is of proper age and training to be 

 cani.d on the hand. 



