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Figure of Speech

M-Z

MacGuffin
Malapropism
Mantra
Maxim (philosophy)
Meiosis (figure of speech)
Merism
Metalepsis
Metaphor
Metonymy
Mimesis
Mondegreen
Motto
Neologism
Non sequitur (literary device)
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Palindrome
Pangram
Par'hyponoian
Parable
Paradiastole
Paradox (literature)
Parallelism (rhetoric)
Paraprosdokian
Parenthesis (rhetoric)
Parody
Parrhesia
Pastiche
Pathetic fallacy
Pathos
Phonaesthetics
Phonetic reversal
Pleonasm
Polyptoton
Polysyndeton
Procatalepsis
Proverb
Proverbial phrase
Pseudonym
Pun
Quibble (plot device)
Rebus
Red herring
Repetition (rhetorical device)
Rhetorical device
Rhetorical operations
Rhetorical question
Rhythm
Sarcasm
Satire
Saying
Scheme (linguistics)
Sibilant
Simile
Slang
Snowclone
Sobriquet
Solecism
Spoonerism
Stylistic device
Superlative
Syllogism
Symploce
Synchysis
Syncope (phonology)
Synecdoche
Synesis
Synesthesia
Synonymia
Tautogram
Tautology (rhetoric)
Theme (narrative)
Tmesis
Trope (literature)
Truism
Understatement
Verbosity
Wit
Word play
Zeugma