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Oxymoron -two words or phrases used together that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings
Metonymy is a type of figurative language in which an object or concept is referred to not by its own
name, but instead by the name of something closely ...
'Synecdoche' is when the word for a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or less
commonly, the word for a whole is used to refer to a part. 'Metonymy' is when a word associated with
something is used to refer to the thing itself.
Paradox is a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality, expresses a
possible truth.