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19 Cards in this Set
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metaphor
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implied comparison btw 2 things of unlike nature
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simile
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explicit comp. btw 2 things of unlike nature
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synecdoche
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figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole
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metonymy
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substitution of some attributive/suggestive word for what is actually meant
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antanaclasis
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repetition of a word in 2 diff. senses
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paronamasia
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use of words alike in sound but diff meaning
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syllepsis
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use of word understood diff in relation to 2 or more other words
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anthimeria
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substitution of one part of speech for another
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periphrasis
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substitution of descriptive word or phrase for proper name
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eponymy
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proper name as adjective
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personification
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investing abstract objects with human qualities
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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litotes
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deliberate use of understatement
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rhetorical question
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ask question, for no answer
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irony
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use of word to convey meaning opposite literal
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onomatopoeia
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use of words sounding like sound
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oxymoron
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two terms ordinarily contradictory
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paradox
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contradictory truthes
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pun
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play on words
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