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9370880565	Anthimeria	The substitution of one part of speech for another, often turning a noun into a verb, adjective as verb, etc	0
9370880566	Meiosis	understatement. opposite of exaggeration	1
9370880567	Erotema	Asking a rhetorical question to the reader	2
9370880568	metonymy	Using a single feature to represent the whole. Physical object embody a general idea.	3
9370880569	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole. Using an aspect of the physical object to represent the whole object.	4
9370880570	paronomasia (a type of pun)	use of words alike in sound but different in meaning. a pun twists the meaning of words.	5
9370880571	Zeugma	a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses. using a verb with two or more different objects.	6
9370880572	Apostrophe	A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman or physically present.	7
9370880573	Catachresis	an extravagant, implied metaphor using words in an alien or unusual way. an impossible figure of speech	8
9370880574	Synesthesia	When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another, messing with it.	9