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analogy - a : similarity of ratios or of properties b : inference that if two or more things agree with one another in one or more respects they will prob. agree in yet other respects /MW simile - comparison of two things not alike metaphor - Boldly, A is B. See the cognitive science website www.compapp.dcu.ie/~tonyv/encyc/cyc.html scroll down left side and click on "metaphor" idiom - a style or form of artistic expression (as in painting, writing, composing) that is characteristic especially of an individual, a period or movement, or a medium or instrument /MW character - a device indicating a special characteristic or relationship <the character of the fish is often used to indicate early Christians> context - the part or parts of a written or spoken passage preceding or following a particular word or group of words and so intimately associated with them as to throw light upon their meaning narrative - The account of a series of events; The representation in painting of an event or story, or an example of such a representation allegory - the written, oral, or artistic expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human conduct or experience Nostalgia for Handwriting,
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synchronic/diachronic (a)meliorative/pejorative - to make better(or neutral)/or worse by semantic application <use of 'paranormal' instead of 'abnormal'; mentally handicapped/retarded; freckled/blotchy; tall/big (when referring to a female); a face worn from living/a gnarled countenance. rhetoric - discourse without conviction or earnest feeling
object language/ metalanguage- when one language describes another language
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