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A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead is addressed as if it is alive and present and could reply
Apostrophe
What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a words overtones of meaning
Connotation
The basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word
Denotation
The poetic representation of a painting or sculpture in words
Ekphrasis
A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation. A concise, clear, often paradoxical statement
Epigram
A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem
Extended figure
Language employing figures of speech, language that canyon be taken literally
Figurative language
Broadly, any way of saying something other than the ordinary way
Figure of speech
Positioning opposites next to each other to heighten the contrast
Juxtaposition
A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which some significant aspect of detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience
Metonymy
The use of words that supposedly mimic their meaning in their sound
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to a non human thing
Personification
Any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound
Rhythm
Unmerited or contrived tender feeling
Sentimentality
