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Featured Article: Metaphor
Metaphor, MEHT uh fuhr or MEHT uh fawr, a figure of speech, is an expression taken from one field of experience and used to say something in another field. See more »
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Figure of speech
Figure of speech is the use of words in certain conventional patterns of thought and expression.
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Metaphor, MEHT uh fuhr or MEHT uh fawr, a figure of speech, is an expression taken from one field of experience and used to say something in another field.
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Metonymy, muh TON uh mee, is a figure of speech by which a phrase or word is used for a related phrase or word.
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Onomatopoeia, on uh mat uh PEE uh, is a word whose sound suggests the sound it refers to.
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Simile, SIHM uh lee, is a figure of speech used in describing or explaining something.
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