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| 9374883216 | Allusion | Reference to a historical person/event | 0 | |
| 9374883217 | Conceit | extended comparison by exploring metaphoric possibilities in a single subject ("A Rose by any other name") | 1 | |
| 9374883218 | Epithet | descriptive phrase highlighting key traits ("the Brown Bomber;" "the master mariner") | 2 | |
| 9374883219 | Euphemism | use of inoffensive language in place of hurtful terms ("vertically challenged") | 3 | |
| 9374883220 | Circumlocution | talking around" something, usually by supplying a descriptive phrase in place of a name; a form of euphemism (Lord Montague: "Let two more summers wither in their pride/Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.") | 4 | |
| 9374883221 | Hyperbole | Intentionally exaggerated comparison for humor or wit | 5 | |
| 9374883222 | Trope | (a form of Diction, sometimes called Figurative Language or Rhetorical Devices) - meaning is altered, twisted, "turned," or "figured" from the usual or expected for emphasis or clarity | 6 | |
| 9374883223 | Irony | Contrast between appearance and reality | 7 | |
| 9374883224 | Litotes | Intentional understatement, especially expressing a Houghton by denying its opposite | 8 | |
| 9374883225 | Metaphor | indirect comparison of an implied trait between two unlike objects ("eagle eye") | 9 | |
| 9374883226 | Metonymy | reference to someone/thing by naming one of its parts; the substitution of the name for a closely related word | 10 | |
| 9374883227 | Onomatopoeia | using/inventing a word whose sound imitates that which it names( "buzz, humph") | 11 | |
| 9374883228 | Oxymoron | apparent paradox (self-contradiction) by juxtaposing words that seem to contradict, yet hold a significant underlying truth ("be cruel to be kind") | 12 | |
| 9374883229 | Paradox | a statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet holds an underlying truth (death celebrates life) | 13 | |
| 9374883230 | Personification | reference to abstractions or inanimate objects as though they had human qualities or abilities | 14 | |
| 9374883231 | Pun/ Paranomasia | repetition of single word with two different meanings; two words that sound alike but have different meaning; a single word with two different meanings in same sentence | 15 | |
| 9374883232 | Sarcasm | irony as used to intentionally mock, taunt, or hurt someone ("nice", I say to my teammate after he missed the shot") | 16 | |
| 9374883233 | Simile | direct comparison of a stated trait between two like objects ("freshmen are sly as foxes") | 17 | |
| 9374883234 | Syllepsis | When a single word that governs or modifies two or more others must be understood differently with respect to each of those words, often with a witty or comical effect. Not to be confused with zeugma. ("You held your breath and the door for me" - Alanis Morissette) | 18 | |
| 9374883235 | Synecdoche | the use of a part to signify the whole, or vice-versa ("threads" (clothes), "wheels" (car), "head of cattle," "the point of my steel") | 19 | |
| 9374883236 | Zeugma | A general term describing when one part of speech (most often the main verb, but sometimes a noun) governs two or more other parts of a sentence (often in a series). ("But passion lends them power, time means, to meet." Shakespeare R&J) | 20 |
