Figurative Language

1. Alliteration

1.1. Initial Repitition

2. Hyperbole

2.1. Extravagant

2.2. Exageration

3. Irony

3.1. Opposite

3.2. Contradicted

4. Litotes

4.1. Understatement

4.1.1. Negating

4.1.2. Opposite

5. Metaphor

5.1. Compare

5.1.1. Have Common

6. Metonymy

6.1. Substitute

6.1.1. Closely Associated

7. Onomatopoeia

7.1. Imitate

7.1.1. Sound

8. Oxymoron

8.1. Incouragious

9. Paradox

9.1. Contradict

9.1.1. Itself

10. Synecdoche

10.1. Represent

10.1.1. Whole

11. Understatement

11.1. Less Important

11.2. More Serious

12. Anaphora

12.1. Episthrophe

13. Antithesis

13.1. Juxtaposition

13.2. Contrast Idea

14. Apostrophe

14.1. Discourse

14.1.1. Abstract

14.1.2. Initimate

14.1.3. Non-Existent

15. Assonance

15.1. Identity

15.2. Similarity

16. Chiasmus

16.1. Verbal Pattern

17. Euphemism

17.1. Substitution

17.1.1. Offensive term

18. Personification

18.1. Inanimate

18.1.1. Human Qualities

19. Pun

19.1. Play of words

20. Simile

20.1. Comparison

20.1.1. Like

20.1.2. As