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16085175781Metaphoran implied comparison between two things that, on the surface, seem dissimilar but that, upon further examination, share common characteristics.0
16085259301Similemakes a visual comparison1
16085252403Implied Metaphorcontinues a metaphor by implying the consequences.2
16085200056SynecdocheA part of something is used to refer to the whole.3
16085203661MetonymyAn entity is referred to by one of its attributes.4
16085214341PersonificationInanimate objects are given human characteristics.5
16085219449PeriphrasisA descriptive word or phrase is used to refer to a proper name.6
16085309735PunA word that suggests two of its meanings or the meaning of a homonym.7
16085221809AnthimeriaOne part of speech, usually a verb, substitutes for another, usually a noun.8
16085228196OnomatopoeiaSounds of the words used are related to their meaning.9
16085230632HyperboleThe trope of overstatement.10
16085331022LitotesThe trope for understatement.11
16085234222IronyWords are meant to convey the opposite of their meaning.12
16085243027OxymoronWords that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other.13
16085248255Rhetorical questionA question is designed not to secure an answer but to move the development of an idea forward and suggest a point.14

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