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14967143342Metonymywhen you use something associated with a thing or concept Ex: The King of the Jungle The Titular Lord of the house hold0
14967143343Apostrophewhen a speaker asks a rhetorical question to a person or object without expecting an answer Ex: How can you expect to combat all the hatred in this world? (Pain to Naruto)1
14967143344SynechdocheWhen part represents the whole Ex: The sunshade continued to approach slowly. Here, "sunshade" represents the wife and Mr. Lebrun2
14967352068Zeugmausing one word to link to link two others which have a different sense. Ex: John and his driving licence expired last week3
14967936783EpigramA short and clever poem or saying. Ex: Time is Money4
15384778436Villanellea 19-line poem with a specific pattern of rhymes5
15384778437Odea poem that usually glorifies a dignified or lofty subject6
15384778438dramatic monologuewords of a single person speaking to a listener who does not respond but influences the speaker7

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