1. metaphore: when two things are said to be alike which have different properties (metaphysical conceit)
2. two or more things are resolved into one: using two different metaphors at once
3. two ideas connected through context can be given in one word simultaneously
4. two or more meanings that do not agree but combine to make clear a complicated state of mind in the author
5. when the author discovers his idea in the act of writing; a simile that lies halfway between two statements
6. a statement says nothing and the readers are forced to invent a statement of their own, most likely in conflict with that of the author
7. two words within context are opposites that expose a fundamental decision in the author's mind