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allegory
a type of extended metaphor that forms a story with two levels of meaning, a literal and an implied
metonymy
an expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself
synecdoche
using a part of something to stand for the whole
personification
giving human characteristics to somethings that is not human
apostrophe
a speaker or writer directly addressing an absent person, abstraction, or inanimate objects
paradox
a statement that seems to be self-contradictory yet actually makes sense when understood in the right context
conceit
a type of comparison that draws a striking parallel between two seemingly dissimilar things
imagery
descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions in order to create an impression