A ‘softer’, more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.

when what is said is actually the opposite of what is meant

A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things.

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

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.

A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.

an expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning is only known through common use.

a contrast between the result of a situation and what is usually expected

A comparison between two things in order to highlight a point of similarity. It is different to a metaphor or simile, in that it expresses a set of like relationships between two sets of terms.

The repetition of vowel sounds

A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words 'like' or 'as'.

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