Sentit | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
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Sinònims | imatge, tropo |
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Específic | exageració, hipèrbole | extravagant exaggeration |
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ironia | A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs |
metonímia | Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') |
metàfora | 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 |
oxímoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') |
personificació, prosopopeia | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature |
sinècdoque | Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
símil | A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
zeugma | Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one |
General | figura retòrica | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
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Ús | efecte dòmino | The consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall / fall) |
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megahit | An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) |
timó | A position of leadership |
Anglès | trope, figure of speech, figure, image |
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Espanyol | imagen, metáfora, tropo |
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Adjectius | tropical | Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes |
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