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Rhetorical figures definitions (semantic 2)

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  • Metonymy Replacement of one term with another to which it is related To read Shakespeare
  • Catachresis Mixed metaphor, incompatible imagery "Take arms against a sea of troubles"
  • Oxymoron Combination of incongruous words; trenchant combination of two apparently contradictory terms "O! heavy lightness! Serious vanity!/ Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms"

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