Noticing xxx - rhetorical tropes (part 1)

I have a sneaking feeling I've used this
Calvin & Hobbes cartoon before, and
now I'm wondering in what context . . .
but it sure is perfect here!

Today I was having a conversation by email with a friend. He's a musician and mentioned that "in January I have zero gigs at this point. Setting a record for sloth or something." I assured him that he probably wouldn't "be able to sloth [his] way through the whole month." I know that "verbing" has a more formal name, and I looked it up: it—or more generally, using one part of speech in place of another (an adjective as a verb, a verb for a noun, etc.)—is called anthimeria.

That got me wondering—since my formal education in the English language is somewhat limited due to time spent overseas at crucial stages of schooling—what other such fancy terms there are out there for fun with language. And I found me a list of classical rhetorical tropes, which are figures of speech with an unexpected twist in the meaning of words. The counterpart to tropes is schemes, which deal only with the pattern of words, sounds, etc. Here are a few basic rhetorical tropes, with examples. (Since there are many, many tropes, I will not attempt this all at once, but will continue to revisit in future posts. Or not! We'll see!)

anthimeria – using a different part of speech to act as another
  "he sang his didn't, he danced his did" (e. e. cummings)
  "I am going in search of the great perhaps" (Rabelais)

aporia – expressing uncertainty or doubt (typically insincere) about something, usually as a way of proving a point; it may be seen in formulations where a question is posed and then immediately answered
  "What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing and that resistance is overcome." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
  "The Republicans call it Obamacare and say it's a government takeover of health care that they'll repeal. Are they right? Let's look at what's happened so far." (Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, September 5, 2012)

aposiopesis – breaking off as if unable to continue
  "The fire surrounds them, while—I cannot go on." (George Aiken in the Tatler, November 15, 1709)

apostrophe – addressing someone who is not present or is an abstraction
  "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so, / For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow / Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me." (John Donne)

catachresis – an impossible figure of speech, especially one breaking the limits of realism or grammar; the mixing of metaphors to create rhetorical effect; an exagerrated comparison between two ideas or objects
  "The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses— / nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands . . ." (e. e. cummings)
  "The moon was full. The moon was so bloated it was about to tip over. Imagine awakening to find the moon flat on its face on the bathroom floor, like the late Elvis Presley, poisoned by banana splits. It was a moon that could stir wild passions in a moo cow. A moon that could bring out the devil in a bunny rabbit. A moon that could turn lug nuts into moonstones turn Little Red Riding Hood into the big bad wolf." (Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker, 1980)

erotema – a question asked merely for effect with no answer expected (i.e., a rhetorical question)
  "Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?" (H. L. Mencken)

To be continued (perhaps probably we'll see)...

But for now, if you want more on these and other terms in language, and on rhetoric more deeply, see, e.g., ThoughtCo., What Is a Rhetorical Device and AP Exam: 101 Key Terms; Literary Terms; Literary Devices; The Forest of Rhetoric