substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural

A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines