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10 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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Comparing one thing to another using "like" or "as"
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1 Thess 2:7 "Like a nursing mother..."
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Metaphor
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Something spoken of as if it actually were another
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Eph 6:17 "The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God."
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Metonomy
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Using the name of one think to refer to another with which it is associated
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Mt 23:22 "swear by heaven"
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Synecdoche
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Part of something is put for the whole, or the whole for the part
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Romans 10:14-15 "how beautiful are the feet upon the mountain..."
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Irony
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making the intended meaning of the words the opposite of the usual sense
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2 Cor 11:19 "you gladly put up with fools since you are so wise."
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Anthropomorphism
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Attributing human characteristics to God
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Psalm 34: 16 "The face of the Lord is against evildoers."
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Personification
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Speaking of a thing as if it were a person
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Luke 7:35 "Wisdom is proved right by all her children."
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Apostrophe
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Speaking TO a thing in direct address as if it were a person
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Psalm 98:4 "Shout joyfully, all the earth."
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Hyperbole
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Intentional exaggeration for effect
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Prov 9:13 "she is naive and knows nothing."
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Idiom
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an expression commonly accepted with its won special meaning that is different from the literal meaning
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Romans 16:4 "risked their own necks..."
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