| A | B |
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| rhetoric | the art of persuasion or the techniques used by writers |
| parallelism | the repetition of grammatical structure |
| simile | a comparison using words such as like, as, or as if |
| metaphor | a comparison in which two things which are in fact different are equated |
| ellipsis | leaving out part of a grammatical structure when the structure is repeated several times |
| hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement used for emphasis |
| personification | attributing human characteristics to non-human things |
| metonymy | one thing is used as a substitute for another with which it is closely associated |
| pun | use of multiple meanings of words that are homophones or homographs to make a word play |
| onommatopoeia | the use of words that echo the meaning they represent |
| idioms | expressions the meaning of which can’t be figured out from the words themselves |
