5266698407 | Metaphor | When something is something else. | 0 | |
5266700074 | Similie | When something is LIKE something else. | 1 | |
5266706274 | Metonymy | Using a vaguely suggestive, physical object to embody a more general idea. | 2 | |
5266715327 | Synecdoche | Using part of a physical object to represent a whole object. | 3 | |
5266719448 | Puns | Twist of words, often to create a humorous effect. | 4 | |
5266728271 | Zeugma | Artfully using one word with two or more different objects. | 5 | |
5266733516 | Personification | Giving human qualities to inanimate objects. | 6 | |
5266737260 | Apostrophe | Addressing someone or some personified abstraction that is not physically present. | 7 | |
5266758042 | Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like what they mean. | 8 | |
5266762341 | Anthimeria | Using a different part of speech to act as another. | 9 | |
5266769845 | Oxymoron | Using contradiction in a way the oddly makes sense. | 10 | |
5266773451 | Parellelism | When a writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length. | 11 | |
5266780603 | Antithesis | Contrary idea expressed in a balanced sentence. | 12 | |
5266786960 | Anastrophe | Inverted word order from what one expects. | 13 | |
5266792135 | Chiamus | Taking parallelism and deliberately turning it inside out. | 14 | |
5266804623 | Ellipsis | Omitting a word implied by a previous clause. | 15 | |
5266813415 | Asyndeton | Using no conjunctions to create an effect of speed or simplicity. | 16 | |
5266822170 | Polysyndeton | Using many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect. | 17 | |
5266825819 | Climax | Arrangement of events in order of importance. | 18 | |
5266833326 | Alliteration | Repetition of a sound in multiple words. | 19 | |
5266836403 | Anaphora | Repetition of beginning clauses. | 20 | |
5266847307 | Anadiplosis | Repeating the last word of a clause at the beginning of the next clause. | 21 | |
5266871720 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration | 22 |
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