It is using a phrase to describe something else without making a direct comparison.
Example:- It's raning cats and dogs...
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Words that are coined to imitate the sounds they represent are also called Echo Words or Onomatopeoia.
Example: The door closed with bang (the sound that the door makes when it closes hard).
A phrase which uses contradictory words or exaggeration or for effect is called an Omymoron.
Example: Seema, thank you for bringing me some food. That is a terribly kind gesture.
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When you copy some's writing style with different words in an attempt to make fun of it, it's called a parody. This often applies to stories and plays. A Pun is a funny statement or a joke that is based on words that are similar in some way.
Example: They tod me that exits were on the way out.
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Similes are figues of speech which express similarities between different things.
Example: As good as gold, like a bat out of hell.
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A Solecism is the ungrammatical or incorrect use of the language.
Example: I don't know nothing.
Example: Seema was the most tallest girl in the class.
Example: Seema did not know a lot much about the subject.
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Tautology is the use of a series of words that have the same meaning.
Example : The young boy who was still a lad (young boy is a lad).
Example: It was 4 pm in the afternoon (pm is the afternoon).
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