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208140853metaphorcompares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other, metaphors assert that one thing is another thing.
208140854catachresisan extravagant, implied metaphor using words in an alien or unusual way.
208140855metonomyanother form of a metaphor, in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with the subject with wich it is to be compared.
208140856personificationrepresents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes.
208140857hyperboledeliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect.
208140858allusiona reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize
208140859oxymoronconjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
208140860epithetAn adjective or other descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing
208140861eponymSubstitutes for a particular attribute the name of a famous person recognized for that attribute
208140862hyperbatondeparture from normal word order; a form of inversion (a personality indescribable)
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