Understatement A figure of speech
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LITOTESUnderstatement: A figure of speech.
LITOTESFigure of speech that employs ironic understatement
TROPEA figure of speech.
similea figure of speech
IRONYA figure of speech.
similesSIMILE, a figure of speech
ORATEDBecame a figure of speech?
zeugmasZEUGMA, a figure of speech
metonymya type of figure of speech
metaphora type of figure of speech
metonymiesMETONYMY, a type of figure of speech
metaphorsMETAPHOR, a type of figure of speech
prosopopoeiaA figure of speech in which an abstract thing is personified
prosopopoeiaA figure of speech in which an imagined or absent person or thing is represented as speaking
prosopopeiaa figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting also PROSOPOPOEIA
prosopopoeiaa figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting also PROSOPOPEIA
prosopopeiasPROSOPOPEIA, a figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting also PROSOPOPOEIA
prosopopoeiasPROSOPOPOEIA, a figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting also PROSOPOPEIA
oxymoronsA figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)
oxymoronA figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)
metaphorsA figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
metaphorfigure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or concept it does not literally denote in order to suggest comparison with its basic meaning
synecdochea figure of speech by which a part is used for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as the smiling year for spring)
synecdochesSYNECDOCHE, a figure of speech by which a part is used for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as the smiling year for spring)
synecdochicallyfigure 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, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man
syllepsesA figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses (e.g., caught the train and a bad cold) or to two others of which it grammatically suits only one (e.g., neither they nor it is working)
syllepsisA figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses (e.g., caught the train and a bad cold) or to two others of which it grammatically suits only one (e.g., neither they nor it is working)