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metaphor
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implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
this is a comparison WITHOUT the use of like or as |
life is a journey, travel it well
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simile
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is a stated comparison (usually form with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimlar things that have certain qualities in common
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life is like an onion, you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep
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oxymoron
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expresses an idea which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
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the small child was found missing yesterday
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paradox
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a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true
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the swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot
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symbol
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an object, animate or inanimate, which represents or 'stands for' something else
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hyperbole
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sometimes termed as an overstatement
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I have told you a thousand times
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understatement
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the deliberate representation of something very much less in magnitude or importance than it really is, or is ordinarily considered to be.
It can also be used to diminish the importance of something |
I think we have slightly different opinions on this topic. (instead of: I don't agree with you at all.)
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Allegory
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this is a symbolic story that serves as a disguised representation with meanings other than those indicated on the surface
an allegory is a story with a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning |
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verbal irony
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humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm that adopts a mode of speech the intended implication of which is the opposite of the literal sense of the words.
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oh yeah, thats a great idea
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parable
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a figurative language story line used to illustrate a lesson
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the box is full of salmon, and a man sits atop the box.
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synecdoche
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a literary device in which part stands for the whole.
OR a whole can be used to stand for a part |
all hands on deck
his road manager tried to revive him, he failed. A hospital tried to revive him (hospital workers) |
