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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

style, expressive style go
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period

device go
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

rhetorical device go
a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

figure, image, trope, figure of speech
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

noun.communication

11 Subcategories

conceit go
an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
irony go
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
exaggeration, hyperbole go
extravagant exaggeration
kenning go
conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
metaphor go
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
metonymy go
substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
oxymoron go
conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
personification, prosopopoeia go
representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
simile go
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
synecdoche go
substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
zeugma go
use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one