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| 9425239548 | cliche | can be an idiom, and an idiom can be a cliche; overused expression | 0 | |
| 9425259462 | idiom | an expression used by a particular group of people; metaphorical in nature but doesn't have negative connotation | 1 | |
| 9425279447 | paradox | statement or phrase that seems contradictory but is actually true | 2 | |
| 9425285385 | oxymoron | two-word paradox | 3 | |
| 9425295672 | apostrophe | speech to an inanimate object | 4 | |
| 9425308571 | personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things | 5 | |
| 9425317898 | metonymy | naming of a concept through association; similar to symbolism | 6 | |
| 9425322439 | synecdoche | type of metonymy; part-whole | 7 | |
| 9425328662 | metaphor simile analogy | direct comparisons | 8 | |
| 9425336450 | meiosis/understatement euphemism hyperbole | making an idea smaller or larger for effect | 9 | |
| 9425341899 | justaposition antithesis litotes | involve placement of words side-by-side | 10 |
