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METAPHOR : COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO THINGS, BASED ON RESEMBLANCE OR SIMILARITY, WITHOUT USING "LIKE" OR "AS."
SIMILE : COMPARISON USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
ANTITHESIS : LITERAL MEANING OPPOSITE, IS A RHETORICAL DEVICE IN WHICH TWO OPPOSITE IDEAS ARE PUT TOGETHER IN A SENTENCE TO ACHIEVE A CONTRASTING EFFECT.
ANAPHORA : USING THE SAME WORD OR WORDS TO START TWO OR MORE SENTENCES OR PARAGRAPHS THAT FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER.
CHIASMUS : A RHETORICAL DEVICE IN WHICH TWO OR MORE CLAUSES ARE BALANCED AGAINST EACH OTHER BY THE REVERSAL OF THEIR STRUCTURES IN ORDER TO PRODUCE AN ARTISTIC EFFECT.
METONYMY : THE SUBSTITUTION OF ONE TERM FOR ANOTHER WITH WHICH IT IS BOTH COMMONLY ASSOCIATED OR CLOSELY RELATED.
SYNECDOCHE : A LITERARY DEVICE IN WHICH A PART OF SOMETHING REPRESENTS THE WHOLE OR IT MAY USE A WHOLE TO REPRESENT A PART.
Uncommon figures of speech!
- COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO THINGS, BASED ON RESEMBLANCE OR SIMILARITY, WITHOUT USING "LIKE" OR "AS."
- COMPARISON USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
- LITERAL MEANING OPPOSITE, IS A RHETORICAL DEVICE IN WHICH TWO OPPOSITE IDEAS ARE PUT TOGETHER IN A SENTENCE TO ACHIEVE A CONTRASTING EFFECT.
- USING THE SAME WORD OR WORDS TO START TWO OR MORE SENTENCES OR PARAGRAPHS THAT FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER.
- A RHETORICAL DEVICE IN WHICH TWO OR MORE CLAUSES ARE BALANCED AGAINST EACH OTHER BY THE REVERSAL OF THEIR STRUCTURES IN ORDER TO PRODUCE AN ARTISTIC EFFECT.
- THE SUBSTITUTION OF ONE TERM FOR ANOTHER WITH WHICH IT IS BOTH COMMONLY ASSOCIATED OR CLOSELY RELATED.
- A LITERARY DEVICE IN WHICH A PART OF SOMETHING REPRESENTS THE WHOLE OR IT MAY USE A WHOLE TO REPRESENT A PART.
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Uncommon figures of speech!
- METAPHOR
- SIMILE
- ANTITHESIS
- ANAPHORA
- CHIASMUS
- METONYMY
- SYNECDOCHE
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