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| 8728363375 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 0 | |
| 8728363376 | Epithet | A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something | 1 | |
| 8728363377 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant | 2 | |
| 8728363378 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 3 | |
| 8728363379 | idiom | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | 4 | |
| 8728363380 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 5 | |
| 8728363381 | euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 6 | |
| 8728363382 | cliche | a worn-out idea or overused expression | 7 | |
| 8728363383 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 8 | |
| 8728363384 | pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things | 9 | |
| 8728363385 | Synaesthesia | the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another | 10 | |
| 8728363386 | Aposiopesis | breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) | 11 | |
| 8728363387 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman | 12 | |
| 8728363388 | Paralipsis | Pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it | 13 | |
| 8728363389 | Periphrasis | a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | 14 | |
| 8728363390 | Onomotopoeia | use of words that imitate sounds-CRASH, BANG, HISS | 15 | |
| 8728363391 | pun | a play on words | 16 | |
| 8728363392 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 17 | |
| 8728363393 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 18 | |
| 8728363394 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 19 | |
| 8728363395 | cacophony | harsh, jarring noise | 20 | |
| 8728363396 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound | 21 | |
| 8728363397 | Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 22 | |
| 8728363398 | Chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases | 23 | |
| 8728363399 | Zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one | 24 | |
| 8728363400 | trope | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | 25 | |
| 8728363401 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 26 | |
| 8728363402 | simile | comparison using like or as | 27 | |
| 8728363403 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 28 | |
| 8728363404 | allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 29 | |
| 8728363405 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 30 | |
| 8728363406 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma | 31 | |
| 8728363407 | Meiosis | understatement used deliberately | 32 | |
| 8728363408 | Litotes | A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 33 | |
| 8728363409 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 34 | |
| 9578848070 | deus ex machina | an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation | 35 | |
| 9578848071 | Bathos | The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality | 36 |
