| comparison(noun, style, link, device, parallel) | |
| simile(noun, style, manner, device, parallel) | |
| analogy(noun, expression, style, agreement, figure) | |
| allegory(noun, expression, style, figure, connection) | |
| trope(noun, style, figure, image, device) | |
| figure of speech(noun, expression, idiom, turn, substitution) | |
| imagery | |
| image(noun, figure, representation, comparison) | |
| likeness(noun, agreement, connection, link, association) | |
| metonymy(noun, style, figure, image, device) | |
| allusion | |
| figure | |
| similarity(noun, agreement, connection, link, association) | |
| contrast(noun, connection, relation, observation, resemblance) | |
| correlation(noun, agreement, connection, link, association) | |
| hyperbole(noun, exaggeration) | |
| irony | |
| likening(noun, connection, link, association, relation) | |
| catachresis | |
| sarcasm |
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