| Question |
Answer |
| metaphor |
comparrison between two different things. |
| simile |
comparrison between two different things using "like"or "as". |
| synecdoche |
when a group of words paints a picture of another word or object. |
| metonymy |
substitution of a suggested word for what is meant. |
| antanaclasis |
one word repeated twice but used differently both times. |
| paronomasia |
words used are alike in sound but different in meaning. |
| syllepsis |
a phrase used once but meant two ways. |
| personification |
giving inanimate objects human like qualities or abilities. |
| hyperbole |
exaggeration for heightened effect with some truth. |
| litotes |
purposeful use of an understatement. |
| rhetorical question |
asking a question bit not expecting an answer. |
| irony |
saying the opposite of what it meant. when the reader knows something the character doesn't. the character can't help what may happen known or not. |
| onomatapoeia |
use of a word whose sound is used when said. |
| oxymoron |
putting two contradicting words together. |
| paradox |
contradicting statement that contains some truth. |
| periphrasis |
substitution of a proper noun with words that describe it. |
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