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| 14914228348 | analogy | A comparison of one pair of variable to a parallel set of variables: "Missouri is to America as a square is to a quilt." | 0 | |
| 14914228351 | motif | A recurring idea in a piece of literature. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the idea that "you never really understand another person until you consider things from his her point of view" is an example because the idea is brought up several times over the course of the novel. | 1 | |
| 14914228353 | oxymoron | When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox: "wise fool" "eloquent silence" "jumbo shrimp" | 2 | |
| 14914228360 | antithesis | Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure: "Give me liberty, or give me death!" | 3 | |
| 14914228364 | metonymy | Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept: "Relations between London and Washington have been strained." | 4 | |
| 14914228365 | synecdoche | When a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa: "The cattle rancher owned 500 head." "Check out my new wheels." | 5 | |
| 14914228368 | paradox | A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true: "You can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without getting a job." | 6 | |
| 14914228370 | satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect. It targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions. | 7 | |
| 14914228378 | polysyndeton | When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions: "I walked the dog, and fed the cat, and milked the cows." | 8 |
