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Section 1

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syllepsis

Front

use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies or governs

Back

synechdoche

Front

substitute a part for a whole

Back

antanaclasis

Front

same word, different meaning

Back

anthimeria

Front

substitute one part of speech for another

Back

metonymy

Front

substitutem an attributive word for what's actually meant

Back

periphrasis

Front

substitute descriptive word for a proper noun

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zeugma

Front

use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings

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litotes

Front

an understatement

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