Metaphor

Kareline M.
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  1. epistrophe
    repetition of the ends of successive sentences, verses, etc.
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  2. epanalepsis
    repetition after intervening words
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  3. chiasmus
    inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  4. litotes
    understatement for rhetorical effect
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  5. anadiplosis
    repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  6. spoonerism
    transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  7. meiosis
    cell division that produces reproductive cells
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  8. zeugma
    rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  9. pleonasm
    using more words than necessary
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  10. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  11. tautology
    useless repetition
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  12. redundancy
    the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  13. understatement
    something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  14. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  15. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  16. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  17. sarcasm
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
  18. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
    Anadiplosis
    Antimetabole
    Aphorism
    Chiasmus
    Epanadiplosis
    Epanalepsis
    Epistrophe
    Epizeuxis
    Hyperbole
    Irony
    Litotes
    Meiosis
    Oxymoron
    Pleonasm
    Polypton
    Redundancy
    Sarcasm
    Simile
    Spoonerism
    Tautology
    Understatement
    Zeugma
Created on Sun Sep 11 09:20:32 EDT 2011

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