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| 7952169691 | Simile | A comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually like, as, or than, or a verb such as resembles | 0 | |
| 7952172059 | Metaphor | A statement that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not. | 1 | |
| 7952174510 | Implied Metaphor | A metaphor that uses neither connectives nor the verb to be. | 2 | |
| 7952176257 | Mixed Metaphor | The (usually unintentional) combining of two or more incompatible metaphors, resulting in ridiculousness or nonsense. | 3 | |
| 7952178588 | Personification | The endowing of a thing, an animal, or an abstract term with human characteristics. | 4 | |
| 7952180854 | Apostrophe | A direct address to someone or something. | 5 | |
| 7952183286 | Overstatement | Also called hyperbole. Exaggeration used to emphasize a point. | 6 | |
| 7952185700 | Understatement | An ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the case | 7 | |
| 7952188746 | Metonymy | Figure of speech in which the name of a thing is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | 8 | |
| 7952190274 | Synecdoche | The use of a significant part of a thing to stand for the whole of it, or vice versa. | 9 | |
| 7952191976 | Paradox | A statement that at first strikes one as self-contradictory, but that on reflection reveals some deeper sense. | 10 |
