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| 6043164157 | Adage | A saying or pro verb embodying a piece of common wisdom based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language. | 0 | |
| 6043164158 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. And analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or by pointing out a similarity to something more familiar. Analogies also make writing more vivid, imaginative, and intellectually engaging. | 1 | |
| 6043164159 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. | 2 | |
| 6043164160 | Apostrophe | If figure of speech that directly addresses and absent or imaginary person, or a personified abstraction, such as T or love. | 3 | |
| 6043164161 | Cliché | And overused or trite expression | 4 | |
| 6043164162 | Euphemism | Greek for good speech. Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for a harsh, blunt, or offensive one. | 5 | |
| 6043164163 | Extended metaphor | A metaphor developed a great length, appearing frequently throughout a piece | 6 | |
| 6043164164 | Figure of Speech | A device used to produce figurate language. Many compare dissimilar things. | 7 | |
| 6043164165 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 8 | |
| 6043164166 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which an exaggeration or overstatement is used for effect. | 9 | |
| 6043164167 | Idiom | A common expression that is acquired a meeting that differs from its literal meaning. | 10 | |
| 6043164168 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level, imagery uses terms related to the five senses; we refer to visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or all factory imagery. | 11 | |
| 6043164169 | Metonymy | A term from the Greek meaning change label or substitute name. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it | 12 | |
| 6043164170 | Oxymoron | From the Greek for pointedly foolish an oxymoron is a figure of speech when the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. | 13 | |
| 6043164171 | Paradox | A statement that appears self-contradictory or a poster common sense but on closer inspection contain some degree of truth or validity. | 14 | |
| 6043164172 | Personification | If figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, and object, or a concept. | 15 | |
| 6043164173 | Pun | A play on words the exploits the similarity in sound between two words with distinctly different meanings. | 16 | |
| 6043164174 | Synecdoche | A type of metaphor in which the parts dance for the whole, the hole for a part, the genius for the species, the species for the genus, the material for the thing made, or in short, any portion, section, or main quality for the whole or thing it self. | 17 |
