Definitions: Chapter 20 \u2013 \u201cFigures of Speech\u201d<\/p>\n
Simile: an explicit comparison between two things using words such as like, as, than, appears, and seems.<\/p>\n
Metaphor: an explicit comparison between two unlike things.<\/p>\n
Controlling metaphor: a metaphor that runs through the entire work and determines the form or nature of that work.<\/p>\n
Synecdoche: a type of metaphor in which part of something signifies the whole.<\/p>\n
Metonymy: a type of metaphor in which something closely related with a subject is substituted for it.<\/p>\n
Personification: a form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human things.<\/p>\n
Apostrophe: an address, either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend.<\/p>\n
Hyperbole: a boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true.<\/p>\n
Paradox: a statement that initially appears to be contradictory but then, upon closer inspection, turns out to make sense (Death, thou shalt die).<\/p>\n
Oxymoron: a condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together (original copy, sweet sorrow).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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