Abstract

As stylistic study is revived within composition, figures of thought, a neglected subcategory of the larger category of figures, have a great deal to offer our student readers and writers. These figures can shift students' attention away from content and argument toward other equally important but often ignored aspects of prose, thereby enriching students' rhetorical repertoires. This focus on style also contributes to our understanding of composition as a discipline and its relationship to the field of rhetoric.