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7270117539tropemeaning is altered from the usual or expected0
7270122934Punplay on the meaning of words by using the same word in different senses, similar sounding words, or a word with two different meanings1
7270126434metaphorimplied comparison between 2 unlike things2
7270136748simileexplicit comparison between 2 unlike things signaled by the use of like or as3
7270139300personificationattributing human qualities to an inanimate object4
7270141081hyperboledeliberate exaggeration for emphasis5
7270142926litotesintensifies an idea by understatement6
7270144026metonymyword or phrase that is substituted for another with which it is closely associated7
7270147156oxymoron2 contradicting terms or ideas used together8
7270149713paradoxstatement that appears contradictory, but in fact, has a deeper meaning9
7270152484onomatopoeiause of words whose sound reinforces their meaning10
7270153471rhetorical questionquestions that do not require an answer11
7270154705apostropheturning away from the audience to address someone new12
7270156250euphemismsubstituting less pungent words in place of harsh ones for an ironic effect13
7270160599allusionbrief reference to a person, event, or place real of fictitious, or to a work of art14
7270163599synecdochea part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it15

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