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9370880565AnthimeriaThe substitution of one part of speech for another, often turning a noun into a verb, adjective as verb, etc0
9370880566Meiosisunderstatement. opposite of exaggeration1
9370880567ErotemaAsking a rhetorical question to the reader2
9370880568metonymyUsing a single feature to represent the whole. Physical object embody a general idea.3
9370880569SynecdocheA figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole. Using an aspect of the physical object to represent the whole object.4
9370880570paronomasia (a type of pun)use of words alike in sound but different in meaning. a pun twists the meaning of words.5
9370880571Zeugmaa figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses. using a verb with two or more different objects.6
9370880572ApostropheA figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman or physically present.7
9370880573Catachresisan extravagant, implied metaphor using words in an alien or unusual way. an impossible figure of speech8
9370880574SynesthesiaWhen one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another, messing with it.9

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