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an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”.
the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid
an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”.
in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical:
representing by means of a figure or likeness, as in drawing or sculpture
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent