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Synecdoche

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Is a part of an object that is used to represent the object in full

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Metonymy

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Using a Word to represent a larger concept

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Describing weather with human emotions

not to be confused with personification which is describing weather with human qualities.

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Zoomorphism

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giving animal like qualities to something which is non-animal.

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colloquialism

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jargon specific to a certain group of people.

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anaphora

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repetition of specific words at the beginning of sentences.

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Contrast

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Can be structural as well. Just like juxtaposition where 2 opposite things highlights differences and makes it more salient.

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Paragraph length/Sentence Length

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This is structural. Shorter sentences paragraphs convey tension and makes it more fast paced longer sentences and paragraphs do the opposite.

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