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Based on Resemblance
Metaphor
A Metaphor is an implied Simile. It does not, like a Simile, state that one thing is like another or
acts as another, but takes that for granted and proceeds as if two things were one.
Personification
In Personification, inanimate objects and abstract notions are spoken of as having life and
intelligence.
Based on Contrast
Antithesis
Epigram
An Epigram is a brief pointed saying frequently introducing antithetical ideas which excite
surprise and arrest attention.
Based on Association
Metonymy
A metonymy is a literary device in which one representative term stands in for something else.
Synecdoche
Synecdoche is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a
whole to represent a part. It may also use larger groups to refer to smaller groups or vice versa. It
may also call a thing by the name of the material it is made of or it may refer to a thing in a
container or packing by the name of that container or packing.
Climax
Climax is a figure of speech that orders phrases or words in increasing importance. The word
climax actually comes from the Greek klimax, which means staircase or ladder, so its fairly
logical that the ordering within a climax is from least to most important.
He sacrificed his business, his home, and his honor for political gain.
Since concord was lost, friendship was lost; fidelity was lost; liberty was lostall was lost.