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| 7080575900 | Direct Metaphor: | the comparison is made directly using the word "is"; for example: Life is a river. | 0 | |
| 7080575901 | Indirect Metaphor: | "The river of life" also compares life to a river, but does so indirectly | 1 | |
| 7080575902 | Extended Metaphor: | text (or part of a text) and is fully developed. The ultimate extended metaphor is allegory, which layers two narratives a literal version with a figurative version. Allegory is more typically found in fiction, drama, and poetry, but is also technique of satire. | 2 | |
| 7080575903 | allegory | layers two narratives a literal version with a figurative version. | 3 | |
| 7080575904 | Metonymy: | metaphor in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "hand" for "worker" or "crown" for "royalty") | 4 | |
| 7080575905 | Metaphysical Conceit: | an elaborate, intellectually ingenious metaphor (often extended) that shows the writer's realm or knowledge. | 5 | |
| 7080575906 | Analogy: | a comparison based on similarities; showing two things are alike. An analogy differs from a basic completed in metaphor in that a metaphor is typically one statement or sentence, whereas an analogy alogy can can be a entire essay as a pattern of exposition. | 6 | |
| 7080575907 | Personification: | giving something non-human, human characteristics | 7 | |
| 7080575908 | Oxymoron: | juxtaposing two things apparently contradictory that still reinforce one idea. For example, jumbo shrimp, deafening silence | 8 | |
| 7080575909 | Hyperbole: | using exaggeration to extend reality. Hyperbole gets us to look more closely at what actually by giving us sharp contrast. | 9 | |
| 7080575910 | Understatement: | this works in the opposite way from hyperbo e. We use understatement when we say less than is appropriate for the situation or for our meaning. | 10 |
