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Tropes |
Turning words away from their normal meaning, or turning them into something else. Ex. Hyperbole (I'll die of embarassment.) |
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Zoomorphism |
Applying animal characteristics to humans or gods. Ex. My brother eats like a lion. |
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Allegory |
An extended metaphor in which characters and events represent underlying qualities or concepts. Ex. In the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the religious allegory is Aslan as Jesus and Edmund as Judas. |
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Truism |
A self-evident statement. Ex. A apple a day keeps the doctor away. |
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Catachresis |
A mixed metaphor (sometimes used by design and sometimes a rhetorical fault). Ex. It was the straw that broke the elephant's back. |
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Synesthesia |
Description of one kind of sense by using words that normally describe each other. Ex. Cool dress. You are looking cool. |
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Euphemism |
Substituting a less offensive or more agreeable term for another. Ex. Passed away instead of died Correctional facility instead of jail |
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Rhetorical Question |
Asking a question as a way of asserting something/ asking a question not for the sake of getting am answer but for asserting something. Ex. It's too hot today. Isn't it? |
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Figurative |
Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally; an underlying or second meaning exists within the word or phrase connotative. Ex. Personification, simile, metaphor |
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Hyperbole |
Use of exaggerated terms for emphasis. Ex. I am so hungry I could eat a horse. |
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Innuendo |
Having an hidden meaning in a sentence that makes sense whether it is detected or not. Ex. I wish I were as confident as you to wear something so revealing. |
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Litotes |
Emphasizing the magnitude of a statement by understanding its importance. Ex. New York is not an ordinary city. |
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Personification |
Attruibuting a personality to some impersonal object aka Anthropomorphism. Ex. The light danced across the stage. |
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Allusion |
A reference to another work of literature, art or source. Ex. After crossing the line with him, she didn't know what Pandora's box she opened. |
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Metonymy |
Substitution of a word to suggest what is really meant. Ex. The pen is mightier than the sword. |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words that sound like their meaning. Ex. BANG! Moo Cuckoo |
