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| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike objects without using like, as than, or resembles |
| metaphor example | He is a pig. |
| simile | a comparion of two unlike objects using like, as, than, or resembles |
| simile example | She is as fast as a cheetah. |
| personification | giving human characteristics to an object or idea not normally associated with those traits |
| personification example | The door smiled widely as the students ran out into the sunshine. |
| praeteritio | drawing attention to something while pretending to pass it over |
| praeteritio example | I won't even mention how annoying it is when students don't study. |
| apostrophe | addressing directly some person, idea, or place that cannot actually respond |
| apostrophe example | Oh Walter Payton, you glorious school. How I love to spend time in your hallways. |
| metonymy | the substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant |
| metonymy example | The top brass remain in support of the Iraq War. |
| synechdoche | a figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole or the whole stands for the part |
| synecdoche example | Green Bay beat Chicago again. |
| allusion | referring to a person, idea, event, etc. from art, culture, or history to get across an idea |
| allusion example | She is the Britney Spears of our school. |
| apotheosis | talking about a subject in a manner that elevates the subject to the status of a god |
| apotheosis example | Brett Favre can throw a football as if he has the arms of Zeus. |
| allegory | an extended metaphor in which a story is told to illustrate an important attribute of the subject |
| allegory example | A story about love where Innocent meets up with Attraction, Commitment, Betrayal, and Pity |
