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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 go
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

metaphor
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

noun.communication

3 Subcategories

dead metaphor, frozen metaphor go
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')
mixed metaphor go
a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
synesthetic metaphor go
a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities