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| 7958998681 | Allusion | A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history. | 0 | |
| 7958998682 | Ambiguity | A technique by which a writer deliberately suggests two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work. | 1 | |
| 7958998683 | Cliché | A word or phrase—often a figure of speech—that has become lifeless because of overuse such as "green with envy" or "git 'er dun." | 2 | |
| 7958998684 | Conceit | A fanciful and elaborate figure of speech that makes a surprising connection between two seemingly dissimilar things. | 3 | |
| 7958998685 | Black Humor | This is the use of disturbing themes in comedy. | 4 | |
| 7958998686 | Direct Metaphor | One that states the comparison explicitly, such as "fame is a bee." | 5 | |
| 7958998687 | Implied metaphor | One that does not state the 2 terms explicitly, such as "I like to see it lap the miles." | 6 | |
| 7958998688 | Mixed Metaphor | One that has gotten out of control and "mixes" its terms so that they are visually or imaginatively incompatible, such as "The President is a lame duck who is running out of gas." | 7 | |
| 7958998689 | Onomatopoeia | The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning, such as hiss, snap, bark, and bang. | 8 | |
| 7958998690 | Sarcasm | Sometimes known as or related to verbal irony, it is the use of bitter or cutting speech—that is speech intended by its speaker to give pain to the person addressed. | 9 | |
| 7958998691 | Simile | A comparison between seemingly unlike things by the use of connecting words such as like, as, than, similar to, or resembles. | 10 | |
| 7958998692 | Symbol | A person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself. It often has a literal meaning but suggests or represents other meanings in the narrative as well. | 11 | |
| 7958998693 | Synesthesia | Presentation of one sense experience in terms usually associated with another sensation or the stimulation of two or more senses simultaneously. | 12 | |
| 7958998694 | Situational Irony | When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate. | 13 | |
| 7958998695 | Verbal Irony | When a writer or speaker says one thing but really means another, such as when a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it. | 14 |
