Figurative Language Terms

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Figure of speech in: "Not a bad day's work"

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litotes

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Figure of speech in: 'Tick-tock, tick-tock' heard in hospital room.

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onomatopoeia

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Figure of speech in: "His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly."

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alliteration

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Figure of speech in: "I'm dying to get my hands on the new iPad Pro."

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hyperbole

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Figure of speech in: "The library is the tallest building in town because it has thousands of stories."

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pun

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Figure of speech in: "All the world's a stage and we are merely players."

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metaphor

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Figure of speech in: "Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why do you, through the windows and the curtains, call on us?"

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apostrophe

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Figure of speech in: "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears."

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metonymy

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Fire in a fire station exemplifies what figure of speech?

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irony

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Figure of speech in: "Have a little charity... don't be a Scrooge!"

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allusion