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allusion
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work.
Anthimeria
The use of a word in a different grammatical category than is typical, such as using a noun as a verb.
Hyberbole
An intentional exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Irony
A contrast between expectation and reality, often highlighting incongruity.
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as”
Metonymy
Replacing the same of something with something closely related
Oxymoron
A phrase combining two contradictory terms.
Paradox
A seemingly contradictory statement that may reveal a deeper truth.
Personification
Giving human qualities to non human things
Simile
A comparison using “like” or “as”
synecdoche
using a part of something to represent the whole.
understatement (litotes)
downplaying something for emphasis
synecdoche
using a part of something to represent the whole
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