8825067626 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of word | 0 | |
8825067627 | Analogy | A comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects | 1 | |
8825086635 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which a specific term naming an object is substituted for another word with which it is closely associated | 2 | |
8825098149 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole | 3 | |
8825107365 | connotation | the emotional associations surrounding a word, as opposed to its literal meaning or denotation | 4 | |
8825113406 | allusion | a brief reference to a person, event, or place in history, or to a work of art/literature | 5 | |
8825120798 | euphemism | using a mild or gentle phrase instead of a blunt, embarrassing or painful one | 6 | |
8825129683 | paradox | a statement, often metaphorical, that seems to be self-contradictory but which has valid meaning | 7 | |
8825138583 | climax | as a term of dramatic structure, the decisive or turning point in a story or play when the action changes courses and, as a result, begins to resolve itself | 8 | |
8825156559 | conflict | the struggle between two opposing forces (man v man, man v nature, man v sekf, man v society) | 9 | |
8825167567 | denotation | the strict, literal meaning of a word | 10 | |
8825173680 | metaphor | a figure of speech involving an implied comparison | 11 |
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