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Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Analogy
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them
Conceit
unusual and elaborate comparison between two very different things
Allegory
a prolonged metaphor, a narrative in which characters, objects, and events have underlaying political, religious, moral, or social meanings
Metonymy
the use of the name of one thing for that of another associated or suggested by it.
Synecdoche
a part of something stands for the whole.
Anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Epistrophe
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses
Eponym
a person whose name is, or is thought to be, the source of the name of something
Epiphany
a sudden insight or understanding. An intuitive grasp of reality achieved in a quick flash of recognition in which something, usually simple and commonplace, is seen in a new light
Stream of consciousness
a style of writing that portrays the inner and often chaotic workings of a speaker's mind through interior monologue
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Chiasmus
a pattern in which the second part is balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed.
Asyndeton
the practice of leaving out the usual conjunctions between coordinate sentence elements.
Polysyndeton
the use of more conjunctions than is normal.
