5745718545 | personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman | 0 | |
5745720602 | anaphora | the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence | 1 | |
5745723305 | chiasmus | a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 2 | |
5745726762 | understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse or less important than it actually is | 3 | |
5745728650 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 4 | |
5745732570 | paradox | a statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to a self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion | 5 | |
5745736847 | simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind | 6 | |
5745739174 | metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 7 | |
5745743214 | allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 8 | |
5745745859 | repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written | 9 | |
5745747494 | inversion | the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect or emphasis | 10 | |
5745750262 | apostrophe | when a speaker directly addresses someone or something not present | 11 | |
5745753416 | irony | a contrast of incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality | 12 | |
5745755483 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 13 | |
5745757569 | euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to someone unpleasant or embarrasing | 14 | |
5745764432 | rhetorical question | a question that you ask without expecting an answer | 15 | |
5745766046 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 16 |
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