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metaphors
noun
(met-a-phor)
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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analogies
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similes
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cliches
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allusions
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allegories
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puns
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narratives
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meanings
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euphemisms
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idioms
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koans
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tropes
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cusswords
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referents
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parables
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apercus
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phraseology
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phrases
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adjectives
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intertextuality
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circumlocutions
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iconography
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neologisms
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verbiage
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aphorisms
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wordplay
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proverbs
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anecdotes
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abstractions
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symbolism
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truisms
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etymologies
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adverbs
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themes
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archaisms
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prose
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vocabulary
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tautologies
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poesy
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commonplaces
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imagery
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motifs
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epigrams
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synonyms
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universals
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platitude
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fascinations
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surrealism
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grandiloquence
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pathetic fallacy
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subtext
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nouns
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diphthongs
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words
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abstract noun
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metafiction
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attitudinizing
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colloquialisms
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lyrics
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alliteration
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buzzwords
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terminologies
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syllogisms
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jargon
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philosophizing
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participles
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coinages
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explications
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mot juste
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poetics
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crudities
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schemata
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sayings
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pronouns
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lingo
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inanity
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scansion
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absurdities
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homophones
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catharses
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journalese
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whimsy
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scatology
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mythologies
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prepositions
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conjugations
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musings
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axioms
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sermonic
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wishfulness
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hyperbole
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conceits
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onomatopoeia
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transcendentalism
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shakespearean sonnet
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interludes
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significations
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gimcrackery
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pathos
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metaphors
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