| Term | Definition |
|---|
| when something is something else | metaphor |
| when something is like something else | simile |
| using a vaguely suggestive, physical object to embody a more general idea | metonymy |
| using a part of a physical object to represent the whole object | synecdoche |
| twists the meaning of words, often to create a humorous effect | puns |
| artfully using one verb with two or more different objects | zeugma |
| giving human qualities to inanimate objects | personification |
| addressing someone or some personified abstraction that is not physically present | apostrophe |
| asking a rhetorical question to the reader as a transition or as a thought provoking tool before proceeding | erotema |
| words that sound like what they mean | onomatapoeia |
| exaggeration | hyperbole |
| understatement | meiosis |
| is a type of meiosis in which the writer uses a statement in the negative to create the effect | litotes |
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