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Figures of speech

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Created Date 09.19.16
Last Updated 09.19.16
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  • An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
  • A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
  • Uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
  • Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
  • The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
  • A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g.,
  • Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
  • The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
  • A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
  • A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”).

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