figure of speech

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Definitions

Noun

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

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Synonyms

figure image trope

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More General Terms

rhetorical device

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More Specific Terms

conceit exaggeration hyperbole irony kenning metaphor metonymy oxymoron personification prosopopoeia simile synecdoche zeugma

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