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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| metonymy | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| personification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| simile | /xx | Noun |
| paradigmatic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| symbolization | /xx/x | Noun |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| reification | xxx/x | Noun |
| syntagmatic | /x/x | Adjective |
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective |
| polysemy | xxxx | Noun |
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun |
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| ekphrasis | //xx | Noun |
| signifier | /xxx | Noun |
| microcosm | /xxx | Noun |
| apotheosis | xxx/x | Noun |
| semiotic | xx/x | Noun |
| noun | / | Noun |
| exemplum | x/x | Noun |
| symbol | /x | Noun |
| singular | /xx | Adjective |
| mimesis | /xx | Noun |
| intertextuality | /x/x/xx | Noun |
| shorthand | /x | Noun |
| disjunctive | x/x | Adjective |
| reference | /xx | Noun |
| context | /x | Noun |
| touchstone | /x | Noun |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective |
| deconstruction | xx/x | Noun |
| exemplification | x/xx/x | Noun |
| code | / | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| trope | x | Noun |
| scenic | /x | Adjective |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| visual | /xx | Adjective |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| serve | / | Verb |
| function | /x | Verb |
| stands | / | Verb |
| becomes | x/ | Verb |
| cultural | /xx | Adjective |
| example | x/x | Noun |
| nation | /x | Noun |
| operates | /xx | Verb |
| whole | / | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| use | / | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun |
| sort | / | Noun |
| woman | /x | Noun |
| means | / | Noun |
| form | / | Noun |
| culture | /x | Noun |
| body | /x | Noun |
| case | / | Noun |
| involves | x/ | Verb |
| represents | xx/ | Verb |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| artefact | /xx | Noun |
| artifact | /xx | Noun |
| backdrop | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cliche | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conflation | x/x | Noun |
| embodiment | x/xx | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| objects | /x | Noun |
| ploy | / | Noun, Verb |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
