George Bernard Shaw referred to these things as "uncouth bacilli" and led a campaign to limit their use. This term is also used to refer to a rhetorical trope found in Edgar Allan Poe's "To Science" in which a speaker "turns away" to address a personification or abstract concept which is not physically present. For 10 points, name this figure of speech which shares its nam
George Bernard Shaw referred to these things as "uncouth bacilli" and led a campaign to limit their use. This term is also used to refer to a rhetorical trope found in Edgar Allan Poe's "To Science" in which a speaker "turns away" to address a personification or abstract concept which is not physically present. For 10 points, name this figure of speech which shares its name with a punctuation mark used to indicate the possessive case and to create contractions.
George Bernard Shaw referred to these things as "uncouth bacilli" and led a campaign to limit their use.
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