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2836072354AllusionPassing reference or indirect mention0
2836085832AntithesisThe placing of a sentence or one of it parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas (The direct opposite)1
2836100491ApostropheA Digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea2
2836113616EuphemismThe substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt3
2836119214HyperboleExtravagant exaggeration4
2836121906ImageryAbility to form mental images of things or events5
2836123268IronyIncongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs6
2836139204JuxtapositionPlacing a person, concept, place, idea, or theme parallel to another7
2836147564LitotesUsing an understated statement of an affirmative by using a negative description8
2836152723MetaphorFigure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity9
2836158527OxymoronUsing contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange and slightly complex manner10
2836172193ParadoxUse of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together hold significant value on several levels11
2836183652PersonificationAct of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas12
2836187953Rhetorical QuestionQuestion that asks without expecting an answer13
2836193375SimileFigure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (like or as)14
2836199127SynecdocheUses a part of something to refer to the whole (vice versa)15

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