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1. A figure of speech that is saying less than what is truly meant (understatement)
2. Sometimes used as another word for litotes
3. In biology, a process of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms resulting in forming four gametocytes with half the number of chromosomes of the somatic cells |
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1. A figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another, without the use of "like" or "as"
Ex: He's a bear in the morning. |
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| 1. A comparison of two things that goes beyond one line of text |
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1. In literature, another word for extended metaphor
2. Vanity of smug self-satisfaction (pride, arrogance)
3. A fanciful idea or notion |
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1. A word created from the sound that is associated with the object, idea, or action
Ex: boing, woof |
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| 1. A figure of speech that uses contradictory terms placed side by side for effect |
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| 1. The rhetorical device of professing to say little or nothing of a subject (the pretense of passing over information), but in essence, you are drawing attention to the information, as in "not to mention that it costs a fortune" |
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| 1. Treating an inanimate object as if it had human feelings or ideas |
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| 1. Using more word when one (or few) words will do |
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1. Placing human attributes on things or ideas, for effect
2. The act of personifying |
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| 1. Giving animals or gods human attributes |
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| 1. The view that nature and the universe are God |
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| 1. A humorous play on words; there are many types of puns, including a recursive pun, compound pun, homographic pun, homonymic pun, and homophonic pun |
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| 1. Mocking, often contemptuous and bitter, ironic words |
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| 1. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things while using the words "like" or "as" |
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1. In literature, using on sense to describe another, i.e. "a prickly sound" or "it sounded wooly"
2. In science, when one sense evokes another, i.e. when you hear a sound, and it makes the individual see a color |
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| 1. In literature, a figure of speech where a part describes a whole |
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| 1. Refuse to accept (reject) |
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1. A person with public speaking skills
2. A person delivering a speech |
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1. Perfect example
2. To compare with |
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| 1. To intentionally lie or create a negative or false impression, to deceive (evade) |
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1. Non-essential
2. Coming from the outside (external) |
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1. Inherent (built-in)
2. Essential |
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| 1. Confidence in conviction, sureness (certainty) |
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| 1. Natural bent (inclination) |
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