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    This document categorizes and defines different figures of speech. It outlines six categories: figures of resemblance/comparison including metaphor and simile; figures of relationship such as synecdoche and metonymy; play upon words like paronomasia and pun; figures of emphasis including hyperbole and litotes; figures of syntax such as anaphora and parallelism; and phonological figures like alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia.

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    This document categorizes and defines different figures of speech. It outlines six categories: figures of resemblance/comparison including metaphor and simile; figures of relationship such as synecdoche and metonymy; play upon words like paronomasia and pun; figures of emphasis including hyperbole and litotes; figures of syntax such as anaphora and parallelism; and phonological figures like alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia.

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    FIGURES OF SPEECH

    1) Figures of Resemblance/ Devices of Comparison


    Metaphor
    Simile
    Personification

    2) Figures of Relationship
    Synecdoche
    Metonymy
    Hypallage
    Kenning
    Oxymoron
    Antonomasia

    3) Play upon Words


    Paronomasia
    Pun

    4) Figures of Emphasis
    Hyperbole
    Litotes

    5) Figures of Syntax
    Anaphora
    Parallelism

    6) Phonological Figures
    Alliteration
    Assonance
    Onomatopoeia

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