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Subject	Records
Subject: Figures de la négation : avant-gardes du dépassement de l'art 1 record	1 record
Subject: Figures--In literature 1 record	1 record
We found a matching subject in our catalog for: Figures of speech.
Subject: Figures of speech About this subject - Opens in new windowopen_in_new 348 records Broader terms (in subject list): Rhetoric (1901 records) Symbolism (844 records) Narrower terms (in subject list): Antonomasia (1 record) Aposiopesis (Rhetoric) (0 records) Apostrophe (Rhetoric) (5 records) Catachresis (0 records) Chiasmus (16 records) Enallage (1 record) English language--Metonyms (5 records) English language--Parallelism (1 record) Euphemism (178 records) Hendiadys (0 records) Show all 19 narrower terms Hide 9 narrower terms Hyperbole (8 records) Metalepsis (3 records) Metaphor (922 records) Metonyms (45 records) Oxymoron (3 records) Paradox (151 records) Simile (108 records) Synecdoche (1 record) Understatement (7 records)	348 records
Subject: Figures of speech--Bibliography 3 records	3 records
Subject: Figures of speech--Congresses 2 records	2 records
Subject: Figures of speech--Cross-cultural studies 4 records	4 records
Subject: Figures of speech--Dictionaries About this subject - Opens in new windowopen_in_new 43 records	43 records
Subject: Figures of speech--Dictionaries--Indonesian 1 record	1 record
Subject: Figures of speech--Dictionaries--Ukrainian 1 record	1 record
Subject: Figures of speech--Early works to 1800 23 records	23 records
Subject: Figures of speech. [from old catalog] 1 record	1 record
Subject: Figures of speech--Handbooks, manuals, etc 2 records	2 records
Subject: Figures of speech--History--18th century 1 record	1 record
Subject: Figures of speech--History--20th century 2 records	2 records
Subject: Figures of speech in literature About this subject - Opens in new windowopen_in_new 33 records	33 records
Subject: Figures of speech in literature--Congresses 3 records	3 records
Subject: Figures of speech in literature--Dictionaries--French 1 record	1 record
Subject: Figures of speech in literature--History 1 record	1 record
Subject: Figures of speech in literature--Indexes 2 records	2 records
Subject: Figures of speech in literature--Juvenile literature 1 record	1 record

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