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Number of Blossarys: 5
English (EN)Merism is a figure of speech by which something is referred to by a conventional phrase that enumerates several of its constituents or traits. Examples: High and low. (To search high and low means to ...
A pun, also called paronomasia, involves a word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or ...
Metalepsis is a figure of speech in which reference is made to something by means of another thing that is remotely related to it, either through a causal relationship, or through another figure of ...
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines incongruous or contradictory terms. The plural is oxymorons or oxymora. An oximoron can be made of an adjective and a noun * dark light, deafening ...
Parenthesis is an additional information. The normal progression of a sentence is interrupted by extra information or explanations enclosed in commas, brackets or dashes. The extra information can be ...
Understatement is a device that deliberately weakens a statement to sound ironical or softens it to sound more polite. Understatement is a common feature of the English language (especially British ...
Simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced by like or as. Other possibilities are for example: A is (not) like B A is more/less than B A is as … as B A is similar to ...
