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apostrophe Addressing some obstact object as if it were animate.
A type of personification. "Stupid computer! Shut up!" allegory
a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and
actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie
outside the narrative itself. (fables and parables) metonymy
substitution of one word for another closely related word that
represents a broader idea. "the pot's boiling" or "the White
House announced" synechdoche substitution of part for the whole,
"all hands on deck", "get your butts over here." hyperbole
saying more than is true, an over-exaggeration, "his hair was
falling out" Oxymoron two contradictory terms together. "jumbo
shrimp", "sweet tart", "pretty ugly" paradox a statement which
wile seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well-
founded or true. "Everything I