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10903975940allusionshort, informal reference to a generally well-known person, place, event, etc.0
10903983684analogyan extended comparison between two unlike things (similar to metaphor/simile); usually a well-known thing is employed to explain something less familiar1
10904006137apostrophedirect address of a personified object or audience, this is a forceful emotion device2
10904014363ironythe contrast between what seems to be and what really is3
10904018484dramatic ironythe reader or audience knows more about what is happening/is about to happen than the characters do4
10904027323situational ironyan event is the opposite of what is expected5
10904033717verbal ironwords mean the opposite of what is intended6
10904037905kairosrhetorical art of seizing the occasion, covering both timing and the appropriate medium7
10904041767juxtapositionplacing two terms/concepts together for the sake of comparison/contrast8
10904049501metaphorfigure that makes a comparison without using like or as9
10904054655metonymyreference to something closely related to the actual subject, so standing in for the object itself10
10904060550paradoxan impossible pair that does point to a truth11
10904065169synecdocheuse of a part of something to represent the whole12
10904074088understatementforce of description is less than one might expect13
10904079699cataloginglisting14

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