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Anthropomorphism: The giving of human traits or characteristics to nonhuman things, such as animals and inanimate objects
Apostrophe: An address to a non-present person, whether they be simply absent or dead
Irony: A meaning that contradicts the literal definition of what someone means to say or something that contradicts what is meant to happen.
Metonymy: The use of one noun as a substitute for another noun. The noun substituted is closely related to the other noun.
Paradox: A statement or situation that, although contradictory to common sense, is true.
Personification: The giving of significant human characteristics to nonhuman beings, such as animals and inanimate objects
Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a fraction of something stands for the whole
Tautology: The unnecessary use of the repetition of an idea in one sentence
Understatement: A statement that does not fully represent the fact.
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