Metaphor - Comparing two things directly to show a likeness: "All the world’s a stage", Epithet - It's an adjective added to a person's name or a phrase used instead of it, usually to criticize or praise them: "the imperious, aloof, stately and well-bred woman of the play", Simile - Comparing two things using the words 'like' or 'as': "I’m going down like a barrel of oysters", Allusion - a reference to specific places, persons, literary characters or historical events known to the reader that, by some association, have come to stand for a certain thing or an idea: "she began to do an imitation of Lydia Mayne", Repetition - Repeating the same word/phrase/idea more than once for deliberate effect: "Why doesn't he kiss me, kiss me, kiss me?", Irony - a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result: "Julia continued to protest, but not too much", Antithesis - a difference or opposition between two things: "the world of make-believe into the world of reality", Anaphora - the repetition of the first word or a word-group in several successive sentences, clauses or phrases: "She felt him go white. She felt a sudden anguish", Gradation - the arrangement of ideas in such a way that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impact: "She reasoned, she pretended to be affronted, she even cried a little", Periphrasis - the use of a longer phrasing with descriptive epithets, abstract terms etc in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression, aimed at representing the author's idea in a roundabout way: "organs of vision - eyes",

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