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Simile
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Comparison between two unlike subjects using like or as
2
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Metaphor
A
Figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike subjects without using like or as
3
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Personification
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Writing that gives inanimate objects, ideas, or animals humanlike characteristics
4
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Hyperbole
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A deliberate exaggeration
5
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onomatopoeia
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Sounds words, a word that imitates a sound
6
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Oxymoron
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A combination of two opposing contradictory words into a single unusual expression
7
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Idiom
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An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal meaning
8
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Alliteration
A
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
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