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Synonym challenge: Figures of speech

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metaphor
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
analogy
a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based.
allusion
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication.
personification
n
the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
simile
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.
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allegory
n
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
adjective
any member of a class of words that in many languages are distinguished in form, as partly in English by having comparative and superlative endings, or by functioning as modifiers of nouns.
rhetoric
n
the study of the effective use of language.
juxtaposition
n
an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
dichotomy
n
division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
idiom
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.
euphemism
n
the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
contrast
n
a striking exhibition of unlikeness.
onomatopoeia
the formation of a word, as or by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
word
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.
synonym
a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language.
symbolism
the use of any of certain special figures or marks of identification to signify a message.
archetype
n
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
symbol
something used for or regarded as representing something else.
acronym
a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words.
aphorism
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation.
analogous
having similarity to another in some particular way.
jargon
the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group.
synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special.
litotes
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary.
adumbration
vo
to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
trope
n
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
totem
n
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.

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