Adage - One of several terms describing short, pithy sayings, or traditional expressions
of conventional wisdom.
Example - "Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
"Count your blessings."
Diaphora - Repetition of a common name so as to perform two logical functions: to
designate an individual and to signify the qualities connoted by that
individual's name or title.
Girls will be girls.
Orcos- Swearing that a statement is true.
He swore on his own mother's grave that his story was true.
Metonymy - Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes
The child ate his dish of vegetables with a scowl on his face.
He gave her a helping hand.
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