Onomatopoeia to Pun

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Onomatopoeia

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use of words that imitate sounds

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Opinion

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personal view, attitude, or appraisal

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Organization

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arranged in an orderly way

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Oxymoron

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combination of contradictory terms (silent scream, civil war)

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Paradox

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Statement which seems to contradict itself

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Parody

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imitates style for comic effect or ridicule (SNL, Weird Al)

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Parallelism

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similar grammatical form gives items equal weight

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Paraphrase

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restatement of an idea with different words

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Personification

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object or animal given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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Persuasion

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writing or speech to convince reader or listener