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Conceptual metaphor

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“Life is a highway”

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Conceit

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Metaphor developed at great length occurring frequently

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Echrasis

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Vivid description, using details to place object/person/place before someone’s eyes

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Energja/hypotopsis

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Figures of speech used for creating illusion of reality

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Chronographia

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Historical time/event

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Topographia

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Description of a place

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Pragmatographia

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D. Of action/reported narrative

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Ethopoeia

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Description/portrayal of character

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Prosopographia

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Vivid description of someone’s character/face

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Astrothesia

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Stars

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Effictio

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Verbal description of someone’s body

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Icon

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Figure which paints likeness of a person

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Chorographia

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Particular nation

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Geographia

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D of earth

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Anemographia

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D of wind

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Dendrographia

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D of tree

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Topothesia

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D of imaginary place

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Anacoluthon

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Lack of grammatical sequence

“Athletes convicted of crime - should they be punished?”

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Anadiplosis

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Repetition of one or several words

“Anger leads to fear, fear leads to hate, hate is a path to the dark side”

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Anaphora

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Repetition of word/phrase at beginning

“We shall defend, we shall fight”

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Anastrope

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Transposition of normal word order

YODA AMIRITE

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Epexegesis

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When one interprets what one has just said

“That is to say”

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Zeugma

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When one part of speech (verb) governs two others

“He carried a light and the responsibility of others…”

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Hendiadys

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Expressing single idea by using two nouns

“He came despite the rain and weather”

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Dialogismus

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Speaking as someone else to either bring in other points of view or conduct pseudo dialog

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Aporia

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Deliberating with oneself as though in doubt

“Must then I part ways with the only word I know?”

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Adynation

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Declaration of impossibility

“Pigs will fly before Gerard butler marries me”

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Cataplexis

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Threatening payback for ill doing

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Diasyrmus

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Rejecting an argument through ridiculous comparison

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