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| 5049786982 | Hyperbole | Definition: Exaggerating some part of your statement in order to give it emphasis or focus. | 0 | |
| 5049796122 | Hyperbole | Ex. I am trying to solve a million problems today. | 1 | |
| 5049808165 | Understatement | Definition: The force of a descriptive statement is less than what would normally expect. | 2 | |
| 5049811281 | Understatement | Ex. Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet describes his death wound as "a scratch, a scratch." To the uninitiated, neurophysiology can be a bit of a challenge. | 3 | |
| 5049821047 | Litotes | Definition: Understatement that uses negatives. | 4 | |
| 5049824746 | Litotes | Ex. It's not the smartest idea I've ever heard. | 5 | |
| 5049834188 | Cliche | Definition: An overused expression An annoying idiom | 6 | |
| 5049841161 | Cliche | Ex. Only time will tell. | 7 | |
| 5049900417 | Idiom | Definition: Set expressions or phrase whose figurative meaning is different from its literal meaning | 8 | |
| 5049905958 | Idiom | Ex. It's raining cats and dogs. | 9 | |
| 5049916281 | Paradox | Definition: Rhetorical device made up of two opposite things that seem impossible, but is actually partially true or possible. | 10 | |
| 5049929691 | Paradox | Ex. The closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm. | 11 | |
| 5049935192 | Oxymoron | Definition: Joining two opposite ideas back to back or spaced out | 12 | |
| 5049942936 | Oxymoron | Ex. Deafening silence filled the room. | 13 | |
| 5049944996 | Metaphor | Definition: Speaks of one thing as though it were another without the use of like or as | 14 | |
| 5049962081 | Metaphor | Ex. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances. | 15 | |
| 5049967023 | Simile | Definition: A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Uses like or as. | 16 | |
| 5049978184 | Simile | Ex. I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage. | 17 | |
| 5050092322 | Analogy | Definition: A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. | 18 | |
| 5050095019 | Analogy | Ex. When an enemy comes to you in pain, you must do whatever is in your power to help ease that pain. For when a child comes to you in pain, do you not do everything you can? | 19 | |
| 5050101521 | Apostrophe | Definition: Breaks the flow of writing to address a person, object or abstraction | 20 | |
| 5050107913 | Apostrophe | Ex. "Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory." | 21 | |
| 5050118309 | Personification | Definition: Giving human attributes to an inanimate object or idea | 22 | |
| 5050121462 | Personification | Ex. The grass is green and neatly cut, and the buildings cast a watchful eye over the clean, quiet campus. | 23 | |
| 5050131398 | Metonymy | Definition: Refers to things closely related to something that they can serve as a symbol for it | 24 | |
| 5050133581 | Metonymy | Ex. The Oval Office was busy in work. | 25 | |
| 5050142701 | Synechdote | Definition: Uses part to refer to whole idea | 26 | |
| 5050145540 | Synechdote | Ex. All hands on deck! | 27 | |
| 5050157066 | Juxtaposition | Definition: Placing two or more ideas/things/people side by side for comparison and contrast | 28 | |
| 5050160251 | Juxtaposition | Ex. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." | 29 | |
| 5050287090 | Antithesis | Definition: Makes a contrast in language to bring about a contrast in ideas. | 30 | |
| 5050290216 | Antithesis | Ex. "We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity." | 31 | |
| 5050302722 | Euphemism | Definition: Polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant. | 32 | |
| 5050305281 | Euphemism | Ex. He passed away at home surrounded by his family. | 33 | |
| 5050316688 | Allusion | Definition: Reference to a well-known event, place, or person | 34 | |
| 5050320981 | Allusion | Ex. This new war is Vietnam all over again. | 35 | |
| 5050339325 | Eponym | Definition: Referring to a specific famous person to link his or her attributes with someone else. | 36 | |
| 5050342892 | Eponym | Ex. A modern-day Moses, he led his nation to a new beginning. | 37 |
