Dear jheem: I can't remember the rhetoric words ten
minutes. I have to look them up every time I see them.
And I have to admit that tomorrow, I won't remember
what trope means.

Edit: maybe this example from Silva Rhetoricae will
stay with me:
"If we don't hang together, we'll hang separately —Benjamin Franklin Note: This is also a trope of repetition. Paranomasia Using words that sound alike but that differ in meaning (punning). Example ...
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/Groupings/of%20Wordplay.htm - 3k - 2002-04-28 "