substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing

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substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing

metonymy

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an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one

euphemism

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using part of something to refer to the whole thing

synecdoche

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make a play on words

pun

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rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words

zeugma

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repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses

anaphora

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conjoined contradictory terms

oxymoron