Literary Devices: Simile

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Simile

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Comparison using 'as' or 'like'

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison without using 'as' or 'like'

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Irony

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A figure of speech where the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning

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Allusion

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An indirect reference to a person, event, or piece of literature

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words