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Giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects.
"The old house groaned in the fierce storm." |
personification
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Stating something in such a way that the exact opposite is implied.
"That was a brilliant remark" when it was anything but brilliant is an example of the speaker's ironic intention. |
irony
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Extreme exaggeration to create effect.
"Dr. Johnson drank his tea in oceans." (Encarta) "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." |
hyperbole
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Speaking directly to an absent person or a lifeless object as if it could reply.
"Beware, O Asparagus, you've stalked my last meal." "Moon have you met my mother?" |
apostrophe
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Understatement by substitutions. A softer or more, pleasant term for a shocking or unpleasant one.
"rest room" (toilet), "pass away" (to die), |
euphemism
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A comparison using like or as.
"He's as graceful as a coat rack." |
simile
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A direct comparison without the use of like or as.
"My love is a blossoming flower." (compares two dissimilar things) |
metaphor
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Substituting a term associated with another for the original term.
"We have always remained loyal to the crown." (queen, England) |
metonymy
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Using contrasting expressions balanced against each other.
"To err is human, to forgive divine." Alexander Pope |
antithesis
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A symbol is something that represents something else.
American flag might represent freedom. A ring could be a symbol of undying love. |
symbolism
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